Identifying patients with undetected gastro-oesophageal cancer in primary care: External validation of QCancer® (Gastro-Oesophageal)

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1040-1048

  Collins, Gary S ^a   Altman, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gastro oesophageal cancer; QCancer; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROOESOPHAGEAL CANCER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QCANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84874939727     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.10.023     Document Type: Article

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