Investigating lymphadenopathy - report on the first 12 months of the lymphnode diagnostic clinic at the Royal Marsden Hospital

Authors
Gregory, RK Cunningham, D Fisher, TA Rhys-Evans, P Middleton, GW Bishop, L Wotherspoon, A Trott, PA Nash, AG
Citation
Rk. Gregory et al., Investigating lymphadenopathy - report on the first 12 months of the lymphnode diagnostic clinic at the Royal Marsden Hospital, POSTG MED J, 76(899), 2000, pp. 566-568
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00325473 → ACNP
Volume
76
Issue
899
Year of publication
2000
Pages
566 - 568
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(200009)76:899<566:IL-ROT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The lymph node diagnostic clinic was set up at the Royal Marsden Hospital t o provide a direct access service for general practitioners. In the first y ear 82 patients were seen. The malignancy pick-up rate was 19.5% which comp ares very favourably to rates in breast and colorectal clinics. Patient and general practitioner satisfaction with the service was high.