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Patient understanding and acceptability of an early lung cancer diagnosis trial: a qualitative study

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Background The ELCID (Early Lung Cancer Investigation and Diagnosis) trial was a feasibility randomised controlled trial examining the effect on lung cancer diagnosis of lowering the threshold for referral for urgent chest x-ray for smokers and recent ex-smokers, aged over 60 years with new chest symptoms. The qualitative component aimed to explore the feasibility of individually randomising patients to an urgent chest x-ray or not and to investigate any barriers to patient r... Expand abstract
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s13063-018-2803-4

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0000-0003-0170-7027
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
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ORCID:
0000-0001-5957-6280
Publisher:
BioMed Central
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Trials More from this journal
Volume:
19
Issue:
1
Article number:
419
Publication date:
2018-08-04
Acceptance date:
2018-07-10
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ISSN:
1745-6215
Pmid:
30075741
Language:
English
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904460
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2018-11-23

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