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Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis?

Lyratzopoulos, G; Wardle, J; Rubin, G; (2014) Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis? British Medical Journal , 349 , Article g7400. 10.1136/bmj.g7400. Green open access

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Abstract

Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Jane Wardle, and Greg Rubin argue that delays in referral for suspected cancer are unlikely to be caused by poor professional performance and explore other potential causes and strategies for improvement.

Type: Article
Title: Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis?
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7400
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7400
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2014, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
Keywords: Biomedical Research, Delayed Diagnosis, General Practice, Great Britain, Health Policy, Humans, Neoplasms, Primary Health Care, Referral and Consultation, Time Factors, United States
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458501
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