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Cancers with few symptoms and signs like renal cancer, or with symptoms and signs usually associated with advanced disease, like pancreatic or ovarian cancer, should be consciously considered by the GP when there are vague but persistent symptoms.
25 lis 2005 · A review pathologist selected cases in which there was a discrepancy between the two specimens and then examined the slides and determined the cause of error. For example, a diagnostic error occurred if a patient's bronchial brush specimen was diagnosed as benign and the lung biopsy showed carcinoma.
1 sty 1980 · Three of the examined symptoms (neck lump, chest pain, and back pain) were consistently associated with increased odds of stage IV cancer, whether reported alone or with other symptoms, whereas the opposite was true for abnormal mole, breast lump, postmenopausal bleeding, and rectal bleeding.
Cancer symptoms usually create changes in the body that do not relate to a specific or identifiable cause. A person might incorrectly dismiss these as age-related changes when they indicate...
1 lis 2007 · We reviewed the literature to understand the prevalence, origins, and prevention of errors in cancer diagnosis, focusing on common cancers for which early diagnosis offers clear benefit (melanoma and cancers of the breast, colon, and lung).
We analyzed 190 primary care diagnostic errors, most of which were detected through electronic triggers. These errors involved a large variety of conditions that are seen commonly in primary care. Most diagnostic errors had potential for moderate to severe harm.
Signs and symptoms of cancer depend on where the cancer is, how big it is, and how much it affects nearby organs or tissues. If a cancer has spread (metastasized), signs or symptoms may appear in different parts of the body. How does cancer cause signs and symptoms? A cancer can grow into, or begin to push on nearby organs, blood vessels, and ...
