Suspected cancer in primary care: a primary care practitioner resource
Cancer
Clinical Settings: Primary
Resource type: Guideline summary
Author: NZGG
Published: September 2009
ISBN: 978-1-877509-14-8
Electronic ISBN: 978-1-877509-15-5
Copyright Holder: Ministry of Health
A resource summarising key evidence-based recommendations and good practice points for selected site-specific cancers, derived from 'Suspected cancer in primary care: Guidelines for investigation, referral and reducing ethnic disparities' 2009. The aim is to help primary care practitioners make a timely and appropriate referral of patients by alerting practitioners to the features that should raise their suspicion of cancer.
Tags: cancer, malignancy, neoplasms, lung cancer, breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, colorectal cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, urinary bladder cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma, skin cancer, brain cancer, bone cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, leukaemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, head and neck cancer, oral cancer, thyroid cancer, childhood cancer
