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Don’t blame GPs for late cancer diagnoses
Don’t blame GPs for late cancer diagnoses—but are the data accurate?
BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5154 (Published 16 August 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l5154
- Nicholas Sharvill, general practitioner
- Deal CT14 7EQ, UK
- john.sharvill{at}nhs.net
Yes we can do better than blaming general practitioners for late cancer diagnoses.1 But the data also need to be questioned. If I refer a patient for computed tomography, then they wait weeks for an appointment and it shows something sinister, the patient will …
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