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Development of an intervention to expedite cancer diagnosis through primary care: a protocol

Marian Andrei Stanciu, Rebecca-Jane Law, Sadia Nafees, Maggie Hendry, Seow Tien Yeo, Julia Hiscock, Ruth Lewis, Rhiannon T Edwards, Nefyn H Williams, Katherine Brain, Paul Brocklehurst, Andrew Carson-Stevens, Sunil Dolwani, Jon Emery, William Hamilton, Zoe Hoare, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Greg Rubin, Stephanie Smits, Peter Vedsted, Fiona Walter, Clare Wilkinson, Richard D Neal and The WICKED Team on behalf of
BJGP Open 2018; 2 (3): bjgpopen18X101595. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101595
Marian Andrei Stanciu
1 Research Officer, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, Bangor University, , UK
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Rebecca-Jane Law
2 Research Officer, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, Bangor University, , UK
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Sadia Nafees
3 Research Project Support Officer, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, Bangor University, , UK
BDS, MSc, PhD
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Maggie Hendry
4 Research Fellow, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, Bangor University, , UK
BA
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Seow Tien Yeo
5 Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME), Bangor University, , UK
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Julia Hiscock
6 Research Fellow, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, Bangor University, , UK
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Ruth Lewis
7 Research Fellow in Health Sciences Research, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, Bangor University, , UK
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Rhiannon T Edwards
8 Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME), Bangor University, , UK
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Nefyn H Williams
9 Professor in Primary Care, Department of Health Services Research, University of Liverpool, , UK
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Katherine Brain
10 Professor, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, , UK
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Paul Brocklehurst
11 Professor in Health Services Research, North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health, Bangor University, , UK
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Andrew Carson-Stevens
12 Clinical Reader, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, , UK
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Sunil Dolwani
13 Senior Clinical Lecturer, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, , UK
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Jon Emery
14 Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research, Department of General Practice and Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, , Australia
MA, DPhil, MRCGP, FRACGP
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William Hamilton
15 Professor of Primary Care Diagnostics, Discovery Research Group, University of Exeter, , UK
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Zoe Hoare
16 Principal Trial Statistician, North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health, Bangor University, , UK
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Georgios Lyratzopoulos
17 Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, , UK
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Greg Rubin
18 Professor of General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, , UK
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Stephanie Smits
19 Research Associate, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, , UK
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Peter Vedsted
20 Professor, Research Director, Department of Public Health, Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis, Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University, , Denmark
21 Professor, Research Director, Department of Clinical Medicine, University Clinic for Innovative Health Care Delivery, Silkeborg Hospital, Aarhus University, , Denmark
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Fiona Walter
22 Principal Researcher in Primary Care Cancer Research, Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, , UK
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Clare Wilkinson
23 Professor of General Practice, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, Bangor University, , UK
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Richard D Neal
24 Professor of Primary Care Oncology, Academic Unit of Primary Care, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, , UK
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  • For correspondence: r.d.neal{at}leeds.ac.uk
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Development of an intervention to expedite cancer diagnosis through primary care: a protocol
Marian Andrei Stanciu, Rebecca-Jane Law, Sadia Nafees, Maggie Hendry, Seow Tien Yeo, Julia Hiscock, Ruth Lewis, Rhiannon T Edwards, Nefyn H Williams, Katherine Brain, Paul Brocklehurst, Andrew Carson-Stevens, Sunil Dolwani, Jon Emery, William Hamilton, Zoe Hoare, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Greg Rubin, Stephanie Smits, Peter Vedsted, Fiona Walter, Clare Wilkinson, Richard D Neal, The WICKED Team on behalf of
BJGP Open 2018; 2 (3): bjgpopen18X101595. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101595

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Marian Andrei Stanciu, Rebecca-Jane Law, Sadia Nafees, Maggie Hendry, Seow Tien Yeo, Julia Hiscock, Ruth Lewis, Rhiannon T Edwards, Nefyn H Williams, Katherine Brain, Paul Brocklehurst, Andrew Carson-Stevens, Sunil Dolwani, Jon Emery, William Hamilton, Zoe Hoare, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Greg Rubin, Stephanie Smits, Peter Vedsted, Fiona Walter, Clare Wilkinson, Richard D Neal, The WICKED Team on behalf of
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  • primary care
  • General practitioners
  • early cancer diagnosis
  • hospital referral
  • realist synthesis
  • discrete choice experiment
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  • qualitative

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