Identifying patients with suspected colorectal cancer in primary care: Derivation and validation of an algorithm

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 594, 2012, Pages

  Hippisley Cox, Julia ^a   Coupland, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diagnosis; Primary care; Qresearch; Risk prediction; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; ENTERITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84855663436     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X616346     Document Type: Article

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