Nylenna M
Scand J Prim Health Care. 1984 Feb;2(1):24-6. doi: 10.3109/02813438409017697.
The general practitioners dealing with cancer has other parameters than statistics of incidence and prevalence. In 400 consecutive interviews with patients in general practice when asked if the consultation was brought about because of fear or thoughts of cancer, eight % answered "yes" and 11% "partly". When asked if they thought about or feared cancer, a total of 47% answered "yes" or "sometimes". Many more women than men expressed fear of cancer. The fear did not increase with age in contrast to the increasing incidence of the disease. For every new case of diagnosed cancer there are many patients in whom malignancy has been suspected but not verified. Almost every tenth patient in this study was investigated further due to possible cancer.
从事癌症治疗的全科医生面临着发病率和患病率统计数据之外的其他因素。在对400名全科医疗患者进行的连续访谈中，当被问及此次就诊是否是因为对癌症的恐惧或担忧时，8%的患者回答“是”，11%回答“部分是”。当被问及是否思考过或害怕癌症时，总计47%的患者回答“是”或“有时是”。表达对癌症恐惧的女性比男性多得多。与该疾病发病率上升不同的是，这种恐惧并未随着年龄增长而增加。对于每一例新诊断的癌症病例，都有许多患者被怀疑患有恶性肿瘤但未得到证实。在这项研究中，几乎每十分之一的患者因可能患癌而接受了进一步检查。
