The risk of oesophago-gastric cancer in symptomatic patients in primary care: A large case-control study using electronic records

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-31

  Stapley, S ^a   Peters, T J ^a   Neal, R D ^b   Rose, P W ^c   Walter, F M ^d   Hamilton, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnosis; Oesophago gastric cancer; positive predictive values; primary care; symptoms

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGO GASTRIC CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH CANCER; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VOMITING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84872600766     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.551     Document Type: Article

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