Improving identification of symptomatic cancer at primary care clinics: A predictive modeling analysis in Botswana
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DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34178
Abstract: In resource‐limited settings, augmenting primary care provider (PCP)‐based referrals with data‐derived algorithms could direct scarce resources towards those patients most likely to have a cancer diagnosis and benefit from early treatment. Using data from Botswana,… read more here.
Keywords: cancer primary; care; symptomatic cancer; primary care ... See more keywords
How useful is thrombocytosis in predicting an underlying cancer in primary care? a systematic review
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DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmw100
Abstract: Background. Although the association between raised platelet count (thrombocytosis) and cancer has been reported in primary and secondary care studies, UK GPs are unaware of it, and it is insufficiently evidenced for laboratories to identify… read more here.
Keywords: primary care; thrombocytosis; systematic review; cancer primary ... See more keywords
CT of Ovarian Cancer for Primary Treatment Planning: What the Surgeon Needs to Know-Radiology In Training.
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DOI: 10.1148/radiol.212737
Abstract: A 60-year-old woman presented with intermittent abdominal pain, an elevated serum CA-125 level, and an abnormal CT examination and was ultimately diagnosed with advanced-stage high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Key tumor locations on CT scans that… read more here.
Keywords: cancer primary; radiology; ovarian cancer; primary treatment ... See more keywords