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Physician Associate/Assistant Impacts on Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Systematic Review

2021-01-15

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<h4>Background: </h4> Symptom recognition and timely referral in primary care are crucial for the early diagnosis of cancer. Physician assistants or associates (PAs) have been introduced in 15 healthcare systems across the world, with numbers increasing to address primary care physician shortages. Little is known about their impact on suspected cancer recognition and referral. This review sought to summarise findi...

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Literature Corpus work: 5f1edddd-be12-5cc5-81ef-9dffa58205ef
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-142055/v1

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