Frequency of 'warning signs of cancer' in Norwegian general practice, with prospective recording of subsequent cancer

Family Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-160

  Ingebrigtsen, Susanne G ^a   Scheel, Benedicte I ^a   Hart, Børge ^a   Thorsen, Tommy ^a   Holtedahl, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Family practice; General practice; Neoplasms; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875634545     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms065     Document Type: Article

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