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Attributing non-specific symptoms to cancer in general practice: a scoping review

2025-03-27

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<h4>Background</h4> Non-specific cancer symptoms are challenging to interpret in general practice. They can be attributed to a wide range of other conditions and delay the cancer diagnosis, increasing the risk of poor outcomes. <h4>Aim</h4> To summarise existing knowledge on the attribution of non-specific symptoms to potential cancer in general practice and identify gaps in the literature. <h4>Method</h4> We cond...

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Literature Corpus work: e0ca62ac-9d00-575b-b0bd-c1224a7d5189
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.27.25324367

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