Renzi, C;
Lyratzopoulos, G;
(2020)
Comorbidity and the diagnosis of symptomatic-but-as-yet-undiagnosed cancer.
British Journal of General Practice
, 70
(698)
e598-e599.
10.3399/bjgp20X712193.
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Abstract
Multimorbidity is the norm of modern medicine. We know that multimorbidity affects healthcare use and outcomes,1 but we don’t know how the presence of pre-existing conditions can influence the diagnosis of new illness. Cancer typically affects older patients, and presents with symptoms of relatively low specificity that are shared between different conditions. Timely diagnosis is important,2,3 but missed or delayed diagnoses are common.4 Might the presence of chronic conditions help us understand why the diagnosis of patients with symptomatic-but-as-yet-undiagnosed cancer is delayed? Carney et al, in this issue of the BJGP, shed light on this complex question in the context of the diagnosis of bladder cancer.5
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Comorbidity and the diagnosis of symptomatic-but-as-yet-undiagnosed cancer |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3399/bjgp20X712193 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712193 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | ©The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is Open Access: CC BY 4.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/). |
| 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/10107472 |
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