Cancer has not gone away: A primary care perspective to support a balanced approach for timely cancer diagnosis during COVID-19

doi:10.1111/ecc.13290

. 2020 Sep;29(5):e13290.

doi: 10.1111/ecc.13290. Epub 2020 Jul 7.

Cancer has not gone away: A primary care perspective to support a balanced approach for timely cancer diagnosis during COVID-19

Charles W Helsper¹, Christine Campbell², Jon Emery³, Richard D Neal⁴, Li Li⁵, Greg Rubin⁶, Henk van Weert⁷, Peter Vedsted⁸, Fiona M Walter⁹, David Weller², Larissa Nekhlyudov¹⁰

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¹ Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Usher Institute , Old Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Centre for Cancer Research and Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁴ Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
⁶ Institute of Population Health Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
⁷ Department of General Practice, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁸ The Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁹ The Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 32633887
PMCID: PMC7361158
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13290

Cancer has not gone away: A primary care perspective to support a balanced approach for timely cancer diagnosis during COVID-19

Charles W Helsper et al. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;29(5):e13290.

doi: 10.1111/ecc.13290. Epub 2020 Jul 7.

Authors

Charles W Helsper¹, Christine Campbell², Jon Emery³, Richard D Neal⁴, Li Li⁵, Greg Rubin⁶, Henk van Weert⁷, Peter Vedsted⁸, Fiona M Walter⁹, David Weller², Larissa Nekhlyudov¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Usher Institute , Old Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Centre for Cancer Research and Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁴ Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
⁶ Institute of Population Health Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
⁷ Department of General Practice, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁸ The Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁹ The Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 32633887
PMCID: PMC7361158
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13290

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Keywords: COVID-19; cancer; delay; diagnosis; primary care.

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[1] BJGP Life (2020). Video consultations: a guide for practice. Retrieved from https://bjgplife.com/2020/03/18/video-consultations-guide-for-practice/

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