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NICE's woolly red flags for ovarian cancer

29 Sep 2010

Pick apart the new guidelines aimed at helping GPs combat the 'silent killer' and they soon unravel, says Copperfield

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Anonymous,
30 Sep 2010
If a red flag is akin to a screening test, then it should meet appropriate criteria, as described at:

http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Screening#Ideal_Screening_Test Peter English
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Anonymous,
24 Oct 2010
Mmm. I'm a retired gynaecologist whose mother died of ovarian ca. I have to say symptoms were downgraded by GPs for a little too long. From my day job I knew all the stuff about crap screening etc.. but I think I knew enough about patient contact to detect the "real" symptoms, (the one great GP claim to fame). I rather hope that cynicism doesn't lead those who read this original post to laugh unrestrained about difficult patients' symptoms. Roger Callender
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