The overall purpose of this study is to examine the diagnostic pathways by which people are diagnosed with lung cancer in Washington state. Examining the pathways to diagnosis of patients with lung cancer will help to answer key questions about individuals who are identified by recommended LDCT screening, those diagnosed through symptomatic presentation or through opportunistic diagnosis.
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A multi-disciplinary PhD project, exploring the relationship between pre-existing conditions and cancer diagnostics in symptomatic patients in primary care.
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This multi-disciplinary PhD project aims to evaluate the association of pre-diagnostic thrombocytosis within the different histological subtypes of lung cancer using CRPD data sets with Cancer Registry linkage.
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The project will provide new important knowledge of the clinical examinations conducted in the year prior to an abdominal cancer diagnosis, plus GPs’ interpretation of symptoms and referral practice and how to improve the diagnostics of abdominal cancers.
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This PhD aims to determine the prevalence of abnormal test results and the failure to follow-up these results that are associated with undiagnosed prevalent cancer.
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Introduction Wales, like other UK countries, has relatively poor cancer outcomes and late diagnosis is a major contributor. Referral from... Read More
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Exploration of potential indicators of quality of cancer diagnosis that may suggest missed opportunities plus studying the effect of indicators on various outcomes in the Veteran Affairs population in United States.
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The aim of this project is to create a “rule-out” test for cancer, using the existing data and “waste” blood that the NH already collects, which can be used by GPs to help identify patients with potential cancer symptoms who do not have cancer.
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