Identifying women with suspected ovarian cancer in primary care: Derivation and validation of algorithm

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7841, 2012, Pages

  Hippisley Cox, Julia ^a   Coupland, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; URINARY FREQUENCY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EATING DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATEMESIS; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OVARY TUMOR; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84856237897     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d8009     Document Type: Article

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