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What is the likelihood that a 50-year-old patient having cancer at the time you choose to refer the patient to a cancer fast-track pathway?
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2–10 %
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29.8 (36)
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38.8 (47)
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1.31 (<0.001)
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23.5 (19)
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65.4 (53)
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2.79 (<0.001)
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2.13 (0.009)
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What is the likelihood that a patient aged 40 years or more, who is smoker, has lung cancer the second time s/he presents with haemoptysis in your practice?
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5–20 %
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33.1 (40)
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34.7 (42)
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1.05 (0.698)
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33.3 (27)
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58.0 (47)
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1.74 (0.010)
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1.63 (0.160)
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What is the likelihood that a patient aged 40 years or more has colorectal cancer the first time that s/he presents with unintended weight loss and new onset of constipation in your practice?
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2–6 %
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8.3 (10)
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9.9 (12)
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1.19 (0.039)
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6.2 (5)
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28.4 (23)
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4.6 (<0.001)
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3.83 (0.055)
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What is the likelihood that a lung cancer cannot be detected on a chest x-ray at the time of diagnosis?
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≥15 %
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81.8 (99)
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86.0 (104)
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1.05 (0.741)
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76.5 (62)
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81.5 (66)
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1.06 (0.243)
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1.07 (0.309)
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What is the proportion of patients with colorectal cancer who presented an alarm symptom as the first sign of the disease to his/her general practitioner?
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≤60 %
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81.8 (99)
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86.0 (104)
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1.05 (0.449)
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82.7 (67)
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90.1 (73)
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1.09 (0.006)
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1.04 (0.614)
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What is the proportion of patients with ovarian cancer who can be detected by a pelvic examination (palpation) in general practice at the time of diagnosis?
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≤41 %
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90.0 (110)
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94.2 (114)
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1.04 (0.078)
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85.2 (69)
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92.6 (75)
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1.09 (0.012)
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1.05 (0.322)
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