A new CanTest study, just published in Cancers, indicates that a newly developed ovarian cancer prediction model could be used to help select women, with relevant symptoms who are undergoing testing in primary care, for specialist referral based on their cancer risk. Ovarian cancer has the worst prognosis of any gynaecological cancer, accounting for over […]
GP views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer assessment in primary care: results from the CanImpact study
New evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on GP assessment of patients who may have cancer indicates need for urgent action. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically influenced different aspects of patients’ cancer pathways, from diagnosis to treatment, mortality and survival. Implications are also likely early in the diagnostic pathway, from symptom presentation to […]
Artificial intelligence techniques could help with earlier diagnosis of cancer in primary care: a systematic review
Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques can be applied to primary care data to facilitate the early diagnosis of cancer, according to the first international review of studies on this topic. Promising studies applied AI techniques to some elements of the electronic health record (EHR), but did not incorporate all of the available data. Some commercially developed […]
Prolonged diagnostic intervals as marker of missed diagnostic opportunities in bladder and kidney cancer patients
A new study, recently published in Cancers, found that over one-quarter of bladder and kidney cancer patients who met NICE fast-track referral guidelines did not receive a timely diagnosis, suggesting that opportunities exist to improve timely referral. In England, patients with alarm features (symptoms and/or test results) of cancer should be assessed by a specialist […]
Biomarkers for the early detection of upper-gastrointestinal cancers in primary care: a systematic review
A new systematic review guided by the CanTest Framework found that while there is a large number of biomarkers being developed for the detection of upper GI cancers, more evidence from evaluations in low-prevalence populations like primary care is still needed before their adoption in clinical practice can be recommended. Cancers of the stomach, oesophagus, […]
Identifying Ovarian Cancer in Symptomatic Women: A Systematic Review of Clinical Tools
A new CanTest systematic review, just published in Cancers, found that several existing externally validated symptom-based tools have moderate diagnostic accuracy for ovarian cancer detection. The team concluded that the clinical impact of the most promising tools now needs to be evaluated. Ovarian cancer has the worst prognosis of all gynaecological cancers, accounting for over […]
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