Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study
dc.contributor.author | Manners, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilcox, H. | |
dc.contributor.author | McWilliams, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Piccolo, F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Liira, H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brims, Fraser | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-19T07:59:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-19T07:59:15Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-02-19T07:13:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Manners, D. and Wilcox, H. and McWilliams, A. and Piccolo, F. and Liira, H. and Brims, F. 2018. Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study. Internal Medicine Journal. 48 (1): pp. 78-80. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65676 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/imj.13670 | |
dc.description.abstract |
© 2018 Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Lung cancer screening with low dose computed tomography (LDCT) is recommended in the USA and Canada for high-risk smokers but not in Australia. We administered a cross-sectional survey to Western Australian general practitioners (GP). The majority (64/93, 69%) reported requesting a screening chest X-ray (42/93, 45%) and/or LDCT (38/93, 41%) in the past year. LDCT screening was more common if the GP had received education from radiology practices (odds ratio (OR) 2.81, P = 0.03) or if they believed screening is funded by the Medical Benefits Scheme (OR 3.57, P = 0.02). Lung cancer screening with LDCT is occurring outside a coordinated programme, contrary to Australian guidelines. | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing | |
dc.title | Current lung cancer screening practice amongst general practitioners in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 48 | |
dcterms.source.number | 1 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 78 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 80 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1444-0903 | |
dcterms.source.title | Internal Medicine Journal | |
curtin.department | Curtin Medical School | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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