Diagnosing childhood cancer in primary care--a realistic expectation?
The burden of childhood cancer for Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) is unknown. PCTs in Yorkshire are representative of England and Wales and show little heterogeneity in the incidence rates of childhood cancer. Each PCT will expect three to five newly diagnosed children per year. A single GP is likely to see an incident case once every 20 years.
Feltbower
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Paediatric Epidemiology Group, Unit of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9LN, UK.
Lewis
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Picton
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Richards
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Glaser
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Kinsey
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McKinney
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D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012016:Reference Values; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology