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Editorial
. 2020 Jun 25;70(696):321-322.
doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X710789. Print 2020 Jul.

Investigating cancer symptoms in older people: what are the issues and where is the evidence?

Daniel Jones  1 , Erica di Martino  1 , Nathaniel L Hatton  2 , Claire Surr  3 , Niek de Wit  4 , Richard D Neal  1
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Editorial

Investigating cancer symptoms in older people: what are the issues and where is the evidence?

Daniel Jones et al. Br J Gen Pract. .
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Figure 1.
All cancers, average number of new cases per year and age-specific incidence rates per 100 000 population, UK, 2015–2017. Adapted from Cancer Research UK.
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Comment on

  • Improving early diagnosis of symptomatic cancer.
    Hamilton W, Walter FM, Rubin G, Neal RD. Hamilton W, et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2016 Dec;13(12):740-749. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2016.109. Epub 2016 Jul 26. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2016. PMID: 27458007 Review.

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