Identifying patients with suspected pancreatic 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

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

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84855678651     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X616355     Document Type: Article

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