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Evaluating the delay prior to primary care presentation in patients with lung cancer: a cohort study

Jalpa Kotecha, Allan Clark, Matthew Burton, Wei Yee Chan, Di Menzies, Ulrike Dernedde, Rachel Banham, Andrew Wilson and William Craig Martin
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (2): BJGPO.2020.0130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0130
Jalpa Kotecha
1 Department of Rheumatology, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
MA (Cantab), MB BS, MRCP
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Allan Clark
2 Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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Matthew Burton
3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, UK
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Wei Yee Chan
4 Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Di Menzies
5 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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Ulrike Dernedde
6 Oncology Department, James Paget University Hospital, Great Yarmouth, UK
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Rachel Banham
7 Community Nursing Office, Chedgrave, UK
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Andrew Wilson
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William Craig Martin
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Evaluating the delay prior to primary care presentation in patients with lung cancer: a cohort study
Jalpa Kotecha, Allan Clark, Matthew Burton, Wei Yee Chan, Di Menzies, Ulrike Dernedde, Rachel Banham, Andrew Wilson, William Craig Martin
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (2): BJGPO.2020.0130. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0130

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Evaluating the delay prior to primary care presentation in patients with lung cancer: a cohort study
Jalpa Kotecha, Allan Clark, Matthew Burton, Wei Yee Chan, Di Menzies, Ulrike Dernedde, Rachel Banham, Andrew Wilson, William Craig Martin
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (2): BJGPO.2020.0130. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0130
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  • lung neoplasms
  • causes of delay
  • within-patient delay
  • primary health care
  • smokers

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