When to Suspect Cancer in General Practice

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THIS EPISODE covers the all important topic of when to suspect cancer in your day to day work in Primary Care. It also marks the start of our mini-episode series where we aim to provide useful information in a succinct way, without the extra talk (mid-month episodes). Cancer lead Helen Stedeford explains which important things to bear in mind in relation to common cancers, suspicious presentations, and the not-so-straightforward.

SPECIAL THANKS to the guest speakers: Dr Helen Stedeford, GP & Clinical Lead for Cancer in Newham, East London.
USEFUL LINKS:

Information about cancer statistics, diagnosis, etc.
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/

Two-week Cancer referrals:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng12/chapter/Recommendations-organised-by-site-of-cancer

Gateway C MindMaps
MindMaps (gatewayc.org.uk)
(https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/cancer-maps)
SEASON 2 is supported by funding and back-office support from Integrated Care Support Services. ICSS supports practices and ICBs with Projects, Training, Resourcing and back-office support. (www.integratedcaresupport.com). Transcript available on website.

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Chapter

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Overview (00:05:28)

3. The Big Four (00:07:15)

4. Common alerting symptoms (00:10:38)

5. Less straightforward symptoms (00:13:45)

6. Disclaimer (00:18:43)