Assessing cancer risk in patients with: | | |
Non-specific symptoms | 28 (44) | 20 (35) |
Multiple symptoms | 25 (40) | 21 (36) |
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Discussing cancer risk with a patient | 19 (30) | 17 (29) |
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Increasing the awareness of cancer as a possible diagnosis | 17 (27) | 13 (22) |
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Reassuring anxious patients | 16 (25) | 10 (17) |
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Prompting referrals that would otherwise not have been made | 13 (21) | 8 (14) |
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Increasing the certainty of clinical decision making | 25 (40) | 7 (12) |
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Increasing the awareness of cancer symptoms | 10 (16) | 7 (12) |
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Discussing investigation with symptomatic patients | 9 (14) | 3 (5) |
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None of these | 8 (13) | 17 (29) |