Identifying patients with undetected renal tract cancer in primary care: An independent and external validation of QCancer® (Renal) prediction model

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-120

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic prediction model; External validation; Renal tract cancer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT CANCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875809068     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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