Exploring diagnostic events and first referrals in cancer patient pathways in primary care. A questionnaire survey.

Gitte Bruun Lauridsen Dorte Ejg Jarbøl Peter Thye-Rønn Sanne Rasmussen Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam Jesper Lykkegaard

Published in: Family practice (2023)

In cancer diagnostic processes in general practice, first referrals and the occurrence of potentially delaying events are associated with the patient's age, sex, and specificity of symptoms.

Keyphrases

general practice
primary care
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