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The invisible worm
— ovarian cancer | | Author(s) | Gill Reeve, Stuart Mackay-Thomas |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 338, no 7709, 20 June 2009 |
| Pages | pp 1498-1500 |
| Source | www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Cancer ; Diagnosis ; General practice ; Case studies. |
| Annotation | It took nine months for Gill Reeve's GP practice to diagnose her symptoms as ovarian cancer. She wants to know why it took so long. This is one of a series of occasional articles by patients about their experiences that offer lessons to doctors. Stuart Mackay-Thomas presents a doctor's perspective, that although knowledge and detection of ovarian cancer is improving, the symptoms are "insidious and variable". A typical GP will see one new patient with ovarian cancer only every five years. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090624207 A |
| Classmark | BD: CK: LK7: L5: 69P * |
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