The sensitivity of decision support tools for identifying patients with pancreatic cancer
The QPaC Tool was the most sensitive, largely due to its inclusion of severe epigastric pain and emphasis on diabetes, but it has unknown specificity. More research is needed to determine whether any tool could reduce delays in diagnosis; in the interim, the QPaC Tool may support clinicians to consider pancreatic cancer in their differential diagnoses.
Authors
- John Raymond Zalcberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6624-0782)
- Andrew J. Metz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-7783)
- John A. Windsor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5995-5432)
- Savio George Barreto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4999-5657)
- Louisa G. Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3159-4249)
- Luke F. Hourigan
- Joel Rhee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5233-2758)
- Rajit A. Gilhotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8055-6524)
- Bridie S. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0316-9293)
- Silja Schrader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1776-6152)
- Stephen Philcox
- Meena Rafiq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1837-1542)
- Mary Waterhouse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3313-6919)
- Benedict Devereaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1795-5690)
- Susan J. Jordan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-1414)
- Rachel Ε. Neale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-0854)
- Daniel Croagh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6430-6741)
- Paul Grogan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7680-1811)
- Catherine Baxter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7498-3239)
- Christina M. Bernardes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8061-7013)
- Javiera Martínez-Gutiérrez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2493-9974)
- Michelle Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6787-5288)
- Jon Emery
- Jacqui Adams
- Christopher Baggoley
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Cancer Council Queensland (AU)
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (AU)
- Epworth Hospital (AU)
- John Hunter Hospital (AU)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Flinders Medical Centre (AU)
- Pancreatic Cancer Action (GB)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Cancer Australia (AU)
- St Vincent's Health (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Pancreatic Cancer UK (GB)
- Centre For Digestive Diseases (AU)
- Pancreas Centre (Canada) (CA)
- Alfred Health (AU)
- St. Vincent's HealthCare (US)
- University College London (GB)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJGP Open
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2025.0142
- Primary Topic
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00