Using cancer risk algorithms to improve risk estimates and referral decisions
Plain language summary Cancer risk algorithms are statistical formulae that calculate the probability that a patient presenting with certain symptoms has cancer. Their aim is to aid primary care physicians when deciding whether a patient should be seen by an oncologist urgently. We presented 157 UK...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-01-01
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Series: | Communications Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-021-00069-1 |