Direct-access to abdominal ultrasonic investigation from general practice-the role in earlier cancer diagnosis

Family Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-210

  Ingeman, Mads Lind ^a,b,c   Ormstrup, Tina E ^d   Vedsteda, Peter ^a,b  

^a Research Unit for General Practice   (Denmark)

^b Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care (CaP)   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging; General practice; Neoplasms; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIRECT ACCESS TO ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY TUMOR; STEATOSIS; ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926641010     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmv004     Document Type: Article

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