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Primary healthcare professionals’ perspectives on patient help-seeking for lung cancer warning signs and symptoms: a qualitative study

2022-01-18

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<h4>Background: </h4> Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality worldwide. Prompt patient help-seeking for signs and symptoms suggestive of lung cancer is crucial for early referral, diagnosis, and survivorship. However, patients diagnosed with lung cancer tend to delay help-seeking. This qualitative study explored perceived barriers to patient help-seeking and strategies to enhance help-s...

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Literature Corpus work: 07f4aca8-4650-5f07-a821-d4cca9869561
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1260369/v1

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