Holtedahl K A
Kvaløysletta helse og sosialsenter, Kvaløysletta, Norway.
Scand J Prim Health Care. 1987 Sep;5(3):140-3. doi: 10.3109/02813438709013994.
Seven warning signals of cancer are poor diagnostic indicators of cancer, but for some patients awareness of warning signals may help reducing diagnostic delay. The usefulness of warning signals recorded by general practitioners at consultation is evaluated for a group of 80 patients who developed cancer 0-18 months after the consultation. Warning signals of cancer were recorded at the consultations in 20 cancer patients and in 13 matched control patients. For three cancer patients the warning signal was considered not related to the cancer. Recognition of warning signals related to the cancer disease was considered useful for nine out of 17 patients, somewhat useful for five and hardly useful at all for three patients.
癌症的七个警示信号对癌症诊断的指示作用不佳，但对一些患者而言，对警示信号的认知可能有助于减少诊断延迟。对于一组在会诊后0至18个月患癌的80名患者，评估了全科医生在会诊时记录的警示信号的作用。在会诊时，20名癌症患者和13名匹配的对照患者记录了癌症警示信号。对于三名癌症患者，该警示信号被认为与癌症无关。在17名患者中，有九名患者认为与癌症相关的警示信号的识别是有用的，五名患者认为有点用，三名患者认为几乎没有用。
