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Patterns of symptoms possibly indicative of cancer and associated help-seeking behaviour in a large sample of United Kingdom residents-The USEFUL study.

Philip C HannafordAlison J ThorntonPeter MurchieKatriina L WhitakerRosalind AdamAlison M Elliott
Published in: PloS one (2020)
Symptoms possibly indicative of cancer are common among adults aged 50+ years in the UK, although they are not evenly distributed. Help-seeking responses to different symptoms also vary. Our results suggest important opportunities to provide more nuanced messaging and targeting of symptom-based cancer awareness campaigns.
Keyphrases
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  • smoking cessation