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- Page navigation anchor for Availability and use of cancer decision-support tools: a cross-sectional survey of UK primary careAvailability and use of cancer decision-support tools: a cross-sectional survey of UK primary carePrice et al. have reported a useful study to highlight the availability of cancer decision support tools (which is good) and their utilisation (which is low). Whilst we agree with the broad conclusion of the paper, we would like to clarify the information provided on the QCancer tool in the introduction. Whilst the early versions of Cancer that the QCancer
tool estimates risk of 6 individual cancer types, the subsequent version estimates risk of 11 individual cancer typesas well as the overall cancer risk in men and women.1,2References1. Hippisley-Cox J, Coupland C. Symptoms and risk factors to identify women with suspected cancer in primary care: derivation and validation of an algorithm. Br J Gen ...Show MoreCompeting Interests: Julia Hippisley-Cox is professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Oxford and co-director of QResearch® — a not-for- profit organisation with EMIS (leading commercial supplier of IT for 60% of general practices in the UK. She is also a director of ClinRisk Ltd, which produces software to ensure the reliable and updatable implementation of clinical risk algorithms within clinical computer systems to help improve patient care.