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A prospective study to assess the value of MMP-9 in improving the appropriateness of urgent referrals for colorectal cancer.
BMC cancer - 23 Oct 2006
Ryan Angela V, Wilson Sue, Wakelam Michael J O, Warmington Sally A, Dunn Janet A, Hobbs Richard F D, Martin Ashley, Ismail Tariq
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BACKGROUND: Bowel cancer is common and is a major cause of death. Most people with bowel symptoms who meet the criteria for urgent referral to secondary care will not be found to have bowel cancer, and some people who are found to have cancer will have been referred routinely rather than urgently. If general practitioners could better identify people who were likely to have bowel cancer or conditions that may...
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