Clinical decision-making on lung cancer investigations in primary care: a vignette study
Lung cancer was identified as a possible diagnosis for persistent respiratory by only one out of five GPs, irrespective of the patients' COPD status. Increasing awareness among GPs of the link between COPD and lung cancer may increase the propensity for performing chest X-rays and referral for diagnostic testing for symptomatic patients.
Authors
- Cristina Renzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-9493)
- Alexandra Blyth
- Matthew Barclay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1148-1922)
- Gary Abel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2231-5161)
- Christian von Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-0691)
- Meena Rafiq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1837-1542)
- Lucy Mitchinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3648-2913)
- Georgios Lyratzopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2873-7421)
- William Hamilton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1611-1373)
- Samuel WD Merriel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-9087)
- Heer Shah
Institutions
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082495
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57
Funders
- Cancer Research UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
- Programme Grants for Applied Research