OBJECTIVE: This article explores how people with pancreatic cancer interpreted prediagnostic signs and symptoms, and what triggered them to seek medical help for symptoms that occurred intermittently. DESIGN: Thematic analysis of prediagnostic symptom descriptions drawn from a qualitative interview study of people with experiences of pancreatic cancer. PARTICIPANTS: 40 people affected by pancreatic cancer (32 patients and 8 relatives of people who had died). Age at interview ranged from 35 to 84 years; 55% were men; and 57.5% of patients had been offered potentially curative surgery. SETTING: Respondents interviewed at home were recruited from different parts of the UK during 2009/2010. RESULTS: Analysis of the interviews suggested that int...
©British Journal of General Practice Background: Delay in help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms h...
Acute pancreatitis (AP) has been recognized as a presentation of patients with pancreatic carcinoma ...
Cancer is a disease that is imbued with notions of risk, with individuals expected to avoid ‘risky’ ...
Objective: This article explores how people with pancreatic cancer interpreted prediagnostic signs a...
OBJECTIVE: This article explores how people with pancreatic cancer interpreted prediagnostic signs a...
OBJECTIVE: Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates due to non-specific symptoms leading to later d...
Objective Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates due to non-specific symptoms leading to later di...
Objective: Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates due to non-specific symptoms leading to later ...
Objective Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates due to non-specific symptoms leading to later di...
SummaryBackgroundPancreatic cancer is the tenth most common cancer in the UK; however, outcomes are ...
$\textbf{Background}$ To identify symptoms and other clinical and socio-demographic factors associat...
OBJECTIVES: Timely diagnosis of colorectal cancer is important to improve survival. This study explo...
Background: One year cancer survival is poor in the UK compared with similar developed countries. Po...
Oesophageal cancer (EC) is characterized by vague symptoms and is often diagnosed at an advanced sta...
BACKGROUND: Nine out of 10 patients undergoing urgent cancer investigations receive an 'all-clear' d...
©British Journal of General Practice Background: Delay in help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms h...
Acute pancreatitis (AP) has been recognized as a presentation of patients with pancreatic carcinoma ...
Cancer is a disease that is imbued with notions of risk, with individuals expected to avoid ‘risky’ ...
Objective: This article explores how people with pancreatic cancer interpreted prediagnostic signs a...
OBJECTIVE: This article explores how people with pancreatic cancer interpreted prediagnostic signs a...
OBJECTIVE: Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates due to non-specific symptoms leading to later d...
Objective Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates due to non-specific symptoms leading to later di...
Objective: Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates due to non-specific symptoms leading to later ...
Objective Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates due to non-specific symptoms leading to later di...
SummaryBackgroundPancreatic cancer is the tenth most common cancer in the UK; however, outcomes are ...
$\textbf{Background}$ To identify symptoms and other clinical and socio-demographic factors associat...
OBJECTIVES: Timely diagnosis of colorectal cancer is important to improve survival. This study explo...
Background: One year cancer survival is poor in the UK compared with similar developed countries. Po...
Oesophageal cancer (EC) is characterized by vague symptoms and is often diagnosed at an advanced sta...
BACKGROUND: Nine out of 10 patients undergoing urgent cancer investigations receive an 'all-clear' d...
©British Journal of General Practice Background: Delay in help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms h...
Acute pancreatitis (AP) has been recognized as a presentation of patients with pancreatic carcinoma ...
Cancer is a disease that is imbued with notions of risk, with individuals expected to avoid ‘risky’ ...