Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer
(2012)
Journal Article
Smith, S. M., Murchie, P., Devereux, G., Johnston, M., Lee, A. J., Macleod, U., Nicolson, M. C., Powell, R., Ritchie, L. D., Wyke, S., & Campbell, N. C. (2012). Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 62(602), e605-e615. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp12X654579
Background: Lung cancer is the commonest cause of cancer in Scotland and is usually advanced at diagnosis. Median time between symptom onset and consultation is 14 weeks, so an intervention to prompt earlier presentation could support earlier diagnos... Read More about Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer.