How European primary care practitioners think the timeliness of cancer diagnosis can be improved: a thematic analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:National European cancer survival rates vary widely. Prolonged diagnostic intervals are thought to be a key factor in explaining these variations. Primary care practitioners (PCPs) frequently play a crucial role during initial cancer diagnosis; their knowledge could be used to improve the planning of more effective approaches to earlier cancer diagnosis. OBJECTIVES:This study sought the views of PCPs from across Europe on how they thought the timeliness of cancer diagnosis could be improved. DESIGN:In an online survey, a final open-ended question asked PCPs how they thought the speed of diagnosis of cancer in primary care could be improved. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. SETTING:A primary care study, with participating centres in 20 European countries. PARTICIPA

SUBMITTER: Harris M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6773305 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature