Diagnostic property of direct referral from general practitioners to contrast-enhanced thoracoabdominal CT in patients with serious but non-specific symptoms or signs of cancer: a retrospective cohort study on cancer prevalence after 12 months.
Marie MøllerBue JuvikStine Chabert OlesenHanne SandstrømErling LaxafossSimon Bertram ReuterUffe BodtgerPublished in: BMJ open (2019)
Our study shows that ceCT as part of GP-coordinated workup has a low negative likelihood ratio for identifying malignancy; this is important since identifying patients for further workup is vital.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- papillary thyroid
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- diffusion weighted
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance
- squamous cell
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- dual energy
- primary care
- diffusion weighted imaging
- prognostic factors
- lymph node metastasis
- positron emission tomography
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patient reported outcomes
- childhood cancer
- pet ct
- aortic aneurysm