Prof Peter Vedsted

Senior Faculty

Peter is a GP and Professor in primary care and innovative health care delivery. He is director of the Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care (CaP), a cross‐disciplinary research group for primary cancer diagnosis investigating the pathway from symptom to treatment of cancer.

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Telephone

+45 8716 7905

Institution

University of Aarhus, DK

Areas of Expertise

Clinical practice, primary care, health services, epidemiology

Projects

Publications

Stanciu MA, Law R-J, Nafees S, Hendry M, Yeo ST, Hiscock J, Lewis R, Edwards RT, Williams NH, Brain K, Brocklehurst P, Carson-Stevens A, Dolwani S, Emery J, Hamilton W, Hoare Z, Lyratzopoulos G, Rubin G, Smits S, Vedsted P, Walter FM, Wilkinson C, Neal RD. Development of an intervention to expedite cancer diagnosis through primary care: Protocol. BJGP Open 4 September 2018; bjgpopen18X101595
Walter FM, Thompson MJ, Wellwood I, Abel GA, Hamilton W, Johnson M, Lyratzopoulos G, Messenger MP, Neal RD, Rubin G, Singh H, Spencer A, Sutton S, Vedstead P, Emery JD. Evaluating diagnostic strategies for early detection of cancer: the CanTest framework. BMC Cancer, 2019, 19:586
Baun ML, Jensen H, Falborg AZ, Heje HN, Petersen LK, Vedsted P. Ovarian cancer suspicion, urgent referral and time to diagnosis in Danish general practice: a population-based study. Family Practice, 2019, cmz013
Holt Jessen N, Jensen H, Falborg AZ, Glerup H, Gronbaek H, Vedsted P. Abdominal investigations in the year preceding a diagnosis of abdominal cancer: a register-based cohort study in Denmark. Cancer Epidemiology, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2021.101926
Holt Jessen N, Jensen H, Helsper CW, Falborg AZ, Glerup H, Gronbaek H, Vedsted P. Cancer suspicion, referral to cancer patient pathway and primary care interval: a survey and register study exploring 10 different types of abdominal cancer. Family Practice, 2021, cmab025, doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmab025
Baun ML, Dueholm M, Heje HN, Hamilton W, Petersen LK, Vedsted P. Direct access from general practice to transvaginal ultrasound for early detection of ovarian cancer: a feasibility study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Care Health, 2021, doi: 10.1080/02813432.2021.1922831
Boennelykke A, Jensen H, Zalounina Falborg A, Østgård LSG, Hansen AT, Christensen KS & Vedsted P. Diagnostic workup of cancer in patients with new-onset anaemia: a Danish cohort study in general practice. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2021. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2021.1970934
Boennelykke A, Jensen H, Østgård LSG, Falborg AZ, Christensen KS, Hansen AT, Emery J, Vedsted P. Insufficient classification of anaemia in general practice: a Danish register-based observational study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2021. doi:10.1080/02813432.2021.1958499
Danckert B, Zalounina Falborg A, Christensen NL, Frederiksen H, Lyratzopoulos G, McPhail S, Ryg J, Vedsted P, Thomsen LA, Jensen H. Routes to diagnosis and the association with the prognosis in patients with cancer – A nationwide register-based cohort study in Denmark. Cancer Epidemiology, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2021.101983
Boennelykke A, Jensen H, Østgård LSG, Falborg AZ, Hansen AT, Christensen KS, Vedsted P. Cancer risk in persons with new-onset anaemia: a population-based cohort study in Denmark. BMC Cancer 22, 805 (2022). doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09912-7
Holt Jessen N, Jensen H, Falborg AZ, Glerup H, Gronbaek H & Vedsted P. Contacts to general practice in the 12 months preceding a diagnosis of an abdominal cancer: a national register-based cohort study, Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2022. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2022.2057054
Danckert B, Christensen NL, Falborg AZ, Frederiksen H, Lyratzopoulos G, McPhail S, Pedersen AF, Ryg J, Thomsen LA, Vedsted P, Jensen H. Assessing how routes to diagnosis vary by the age of patients with cancer: a nationwide register-based cohort study in Denmark. BMC Cancer 22, 906 2022. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09937-y