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The Diagnostic Value of the Patient’s Reason for Encounter for Diagnosing Cancer in Primary Care

Kees van Boven, Annemarie A. Uijen, Nina van de Wiel, Sibo K. Oskam, Henk J. Schers and Willem J. J. Assendelft
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2017, 30 (6) 806-812; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.06.170076
Kees van Boven
From the Department of Primary and Community Care, University Medical Center Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (KvB, AAU, HJS, JJA); Student, Radboud University Nijmegen (NvdW); Formerly of the Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (SKO).
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Annemarie A. Uijen
From the Department of Primary and Community Care, University Medical Center Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (KvB, AAU, HJS, JJA); Student, Radboud University Nijmegen (NvdW); Formerly of the Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (SKO).
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Nina van de Wiel
From the Department of Primary and Community Care, University Medical Center Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (KvB, AAU, HJS, JJA); Student, Radboud University Nijmegen (NvdW); Formerly of the Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (SKO).
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Sibo K. Oskam
From the Department of Primary and Community Care, University Medical Center Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (KvB, AAU, HJS, JJA); Student, Radboud University Nijmegen (NvdW); Formerly of the Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (SKO).
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Henk J. Schers
From the Department of Primary and Community Care, University Medical Center Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (KvB, AAU, HJS, JJA); Student, Radboud University Nijmegen (NvdW); Formerly of the Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (SKO).
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Willem J. J. Assendelft
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vol. 30 no. 6 806-812
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.06.170076
PubMed 
29180555

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication February 27, 2017
  • Revision received June 12, 2017
  • Accepted for publication June 14, 2017
  • Published online November 27, 2017.

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© Copyright 2017 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Kees van Boven, MD, PhD,
  2. Annemarie A. Uijen, MD, PhD,
  3. Nina van de Wiel, MD,
  4. Sibo K. Oskam, PhD,
  5. Henk J. Schers, MD, PhD and
  6. Willem J. J. Assendelft, MD, PhD
  1. From the Department of Primary and Community Care, University Medical Center Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (KvB, AAU, HJS, JJA); Student, Radboud University Nijmegen (NvdW); Formerly of the Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (SKO).
  1. Corresponding author: Kees van Boven, MD, PhD, Department of Primary and Community Care, University Medical Center Radboud University–Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (E-mail: Kees.vanBoven{at}radboudumc.nl).
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Kees van Boven, Annemarie A. Uijen, Nina van de Wiel, Sibo K. Oskam, Henk J. Schers, Willem J. J. Assendelft
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2017, 30 (6) 806-812; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.06.170076

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Kees van Boven, Annemarie A. Uijen, Nina van de Wiel, Sibo K. Oskam, Henk J. Schers, Willem J. J. Assendelft
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2017, 30 (6) 806-812; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.06.170076
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