Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis?
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Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis?
The timely diagnosis of cancer is a frequent theme in the lay press and an increasingly common topic for quality improvement initiatives. 2 The UK’s health secretary has advocated ranking general practices on the NHS Choices website according to how promptly patients subsequently diagnosed with cancer are referred to specialist services for suspected cancer. But is such a policy based on eviden...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7400