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No association between breast pain and breast cancer: a prospective cohort study of 10 830 symptomatic women presenting to a breast cancer diagnostic clinic

Rajiv V Dave, Hannah Bromley, Vicky P Taxiarchi, Elizabeth Camacho, Sumohan Chatterjee, Nicola Barnes, Gillian Hutchison, Paul Bishop, William Hamilton, Cliona C Kirwan and Ashu Gandhi
British Journal of General Practice 2022; 72 (717): e234-e243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2021.0475
Rajiv V Dave
Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
Roles: Consultant breast surgeon
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Hannah Bromley
Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
Roles: Foundation year 3 doctor
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Vicky P Taxiarchi
Division of Population Health, Health Services Research, and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Roles: Research associate
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Elizabeth Camacho
Division of Population Health, Health Services Research, and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Sumohan Chatterjee
Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
Roles: Consultant breast surgeon
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Nicola Barnes
Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
Roles: Consultant breast surgeon
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Gillian Hutchison
Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
Roles: Consultant radiologist
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Paul Bishop
Clinical Sciences, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
Roles: Consultant histopathologist
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William Hamilton
St Luke’s Campus, University of Exeter, Exeter.
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Cliona C Kirwan
Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester and Manchester Breast Centre, Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Manchester, UK.
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Ashu Gandhi
Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester and Manchester Breast Centre, Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Manchester, UK.
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vol. 72 no. 717 e234-e243
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2021.0475
PubMed 
34990395

Published By 
Royal College of General Practitioners
Print ISSN 
0960-1643
Online ISSN 
1478-5242
History 
  • Received August 6, 2021
  • Revision requested September 29, 2021
  • Accepted November 10, 2021
  • Published online March 31, 2022.

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  1. Rajiv V Dave, MD, FRCS, Consultant breast surgeon
  1. Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
  1. Hannah Bromley, PhD, MBChB, Foundation year 3 doctor
  1. Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
  1. Vicky P Taxiarchi, PhD, Research associate
  1. Division of Population Health, Health Services Research, and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
  1. Elizabeth Camacho, MSc, PhD, Senior research fellow
  1. Division of Population Health, Health Services Research, and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
  1. Sumohan Chatterjee, FRCS, Consultant breast surgeon
  1. Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
  1. Nicola Barnes, MD, FRCS, Consultant breast surgeon
  1. Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
  1. Gillian Hutchison, MD, FRCR, Consultant radiologist
  1. Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
  1. Paul Bishop, FRCPath, Consultant histopathologist
  1. Clinical Sciences, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
  1. William Hamilton, MD, FRCGP, MRCP, Professor of primary care diagnostics
  1. St Luke’s Campus, University of Exeter, Exeter.
  1. Cliona C Kirwan, PhD, FRCS, Consultant breast surgeon
  1. Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester and Manchester Breast Centre, Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Manchester, UK.
  1. Ashu Gandhi, MD, FRCS, Consultant breast surgeon
  1. Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester and Manchester Breast Centre, Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Manchester, UK.
  1. Address for correspondence
    Ashu Gandhi, Nightingale & Prevent Breast Cancer Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester M23 9LT, UK. Email: ashu.gandhi{at}mft.nhs.uk
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Rajiv V Dave, Hannah Bromley, Vicky P Taxiarchi, Elizabeth Camacho, Sumohan Chatterjee, Nicola Barnes, Gillian Hutchison, Paul Bishop, William Hamilton, Cliona C Kirwan, Ashu Gandhi
British Journal of General Practice 2022; 72 (717): e234-e243. DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2021.0475

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Rajiv V Dave, Hannah Bromley, Vicky P Taxiarchi, Elizabeth Camacho, Sumohan Chatterjee, Nicola Barnes, Gillian Hutchison, Paul Bishop, William Hamilton, Cliona C Kirwan, Ashu Gandhi
British Journal of General Practice 2022; 72 (717): e234-e243. DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2021.0475
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