Impact of investigations in general practice on timeliness of referral for patients subsequently diagnosed with cancer: UK

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 "....We analysed data on patients with lung (1494), colorectal (2111), stomach (246), oesophagus (513), pancreas (327), and ovarian (345) cancer. These six cancer sites were selected because they each have a range of presenting symptoms from high to low risk, and because for each there is one or more investigation that may be appropriately ordered as part of the patient’s assessment in primary care and that is generally available to GPs in England.....