ArticleCureus2025
Evaluating the Diagnostic Accuracy and Challenges of the Two-Week Wait Referral Pathway for Skin Cancers in Primary Care.
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- Identification of Dermatological Conditions Manageable in Primary Care: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Community-Based Teledermatology for Urgent Suspected Skin Cancer: Health Economic Cost-Comparison and Discrete Event Simulation Study.JMIR dermatology · 2026Article
- Multimodal models for skin cancer classification using clinical freetext and dermatoscopic images.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Expanding Community Skin Cancer Services in the UK: Outcomes of Specialist-Led Head and Neck Surgery.Cureus · 2025Article
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Abstract
Skin cancers are among the most common cancers in the Western world, with incidence rates increasing significantly over time. Skin cancer survival rates are highly dependent upon early identification. In the United Kingdom (UK), initial assessment of skin lesions is carried out via general practitioners (GPs) who identify and refer suspected cases under the two-week pathway in compliance with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. A major challenge in this pathway is the relatively low proportion of these referrals resulting in a skin cancer diagnosis. This retrospective study, conducted at a general practice encompassing 17,000 patients, evaluated the efficacy of primary care referral pathways for suspected skin malignancies and examined the key factors affecting diagnostic accuracy. The
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