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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Main Authors: Olga Kostopoulou, Kavleen Arora, Bence Pálfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Communications Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-021-00069-1