Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog

Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog

In category: Early Cancer Diagnosis


Optimise Suspected-Cancer referrals in people with Anxiety (OSCA)

Five days before Christmas we received the wonderful news that our NIHR School for Primary Care Research grant application “OSCA” had been successful. Our study focuses on attendance at suspected-cancer investigations in people with anxiety and/or depression. The ideas arose from NIHR programme grant “Spotting Cancer Among Comorbidities” and from people’s stories about how their […]


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Investigating suspected colorectal cancer with faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in primary care: a review of international guidance

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, accounting for around 10% of all new cancers, and is the second most common cause of cancer death (1). As the symptoms of colorectal cancer are often vague and frequently caused by benign conditions, selection for investigation can be difficult. As a result, colorectal cancer is […]


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