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Cancer suspicion in general practice, urgent referral, and time to diagnosis: a population-based GP survey nested within a feasibility study using information technology to flag-up patients with symptoms of colorectal cancer

Elaine Kidney, Sheila Greenfield, Lindy Berkman, George Dowswell, William Hamilton, Sally Wood and Tom Marshall
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (3): bjgpopen17X101109. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101109
Elaine Kidney
1 Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, , UK
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Sheila Greenfield
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Lindy Berkman
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George Dowswell
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William Hamilton
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Tom Marshall
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Cancer suspicion in general practice, urgent referral, and time to diagnosis: a population-based GP survey nested within a feasibility study using information technology to flag-up patients with symptoms of colorectal cancer
Elaine Kidney, Sheila Greenfield, Lindy Berkman, George Dowswell, William Hamilton, Sally Wood, Tom Marshall
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (3): bjgpopen17X101109. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen17X101109

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Cancer suspicion in general practice, urgent referral, and time to diagnosis: a population-based GP survey nested within a feasibility study using information technology to flag-up patients with symptoms of colorectal cancer
Elaine Kidney, Sheila Greenfield, Lindy Berkman, George Dowswell, William Hamilton, Sally Wood, Tom Marshall
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (3): bjgpopen17X101109. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen17X101109
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