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Editorial
. 2007 May 19;334(7602):1013-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.467037.BE.

Alarm symptoms in primary care

Robin Fox, John Fletcher
Editorial

Alarm symptoms in primary care

Robin Fox et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

These greatly increase the risk of cancer, but the diagnosis is still rare

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Competing interests: None declared.

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