Underlying cancer risk among patients with fatigue and other vague symptoms: a population-based cohort study in primary care.

Becky White Cristina Renzi Matthew Barclay Georgios Lyratzopoulos

Published in: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (2023)

In the absence of alarm symptoms or anaemia, fatigue combined with specific vague presenting symptoms, alongside patient age and sex, can guide clinical decisions about referral for suspected cancer.

Keyphrases

primary care
sleep quality
case report
papillary thyroid
depressive symptoms
pulmonary embolism
squamous cell carcinoma
general practice
young adults