What factors empower general practitioners for early cancer diagnosis? A 20-country European Delphi Study.
George TzanisMichael HarrisMette BrekkeMercè Marzo-CastillejoSaliha Serap CifciliWojciech WawrzynekMaria FlammNicola BuonoBernadett MárkusGalia ZacayIlze SkujaZlata Ožvačić AdžićMihai IacobRadost AsenovaDavorina PetekKrzysztof BuczkowskiPamela CurtisLiina Pilv-ToomRobert HoffmanEmmanouil SmyrnakisPublished in: Primary health care research & development (2022)
GPs consider that system factors relating to screening, the primary-secondary care interface, IT and their working conditions are key to enhancing their empowerment in patients that could have cancer. These findings provide the basis for seeking actions and policies that will support GPs in their efforts to achieve timely cancer diagnosis.