How European primary care practitioners think the timeliness of cancer diagnosis can be improved: a thematic analysis.
Michael HarrisHans ThulesiusAna Luísa NevesSophie HarkerTuomas KoskelaDavorina PetekRobert D HoffmanMette BrekkeKrzysztof BuczkowskiNicola BuonoEmiliana CostiugGeert-Jan DinantGergana ForevaEva JakobMercè Marzo-CastillejoPeter MurchieJolanta Sawicka-PowierzaAntonius SchneiderEmmanouil SmyrnakisSven StreitGordon TaylorPeter VedstedBirgitta WeltermannMagdalena EstevaPublished in: BMJ open (2019)
To achieve more timely cancer diagnosis, health systems need to facilitate earlier patient presentation through education and better access to care, have well-educated clinicians with good access to investigations and better information technology, and adequate primary care cancer diagnostic pathway funding.