CHEST Australia: reducing time to consult in primary care with symptoms of lung cancer

Project Member(s): Goodall, S.

Funding or Partner Organisation: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC Project Grants)

Start year: 2014

Summary: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Australia and the second commonest cause of all deaths in men. Earlier, timely diagnosis could be a critical factor in improving lung cancer outcomes as many people present with late stage disease having had symptoms for a long time. This trial tests a novel nurse-led intervention in general practice aimed at promoting earlier consulting by people at higher risk of lung cancer when they develop chest symptoms.

Publications:

Emery, JD, Murray, SR, Walter, FM, Martin, A, Goodall, S, Mazza, D, Habgood, E, Kutzer, Y, Barnes, DJ & Murchie, P 2019, 'The Chest Australia Trial: a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to increase consultation rates in smokers at risk of lung cancer', Thorax, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 362-370.
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Murray, SR, Murchie, P, Campbell, N, Walter, FM, Mazza, D, Habgood, E, Kutzer, Y, Martin, A, Goodall, S, Barnes, DJ & Emery, JD 2015, 'Protocol for the CHEST Australia Trial: a phase II randomised controlled trial of an intervention to reduce time-to-consult with symptoms of lung cancer', BMJ OPEN, vol. 5, no. 5.
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Keywords: lung cancer, general practice, Australia

FOR Codes: Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) not elsewhere classified, Primary Health Care, Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified, Overweight and obesity, Clinical health not elsewhere classified

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.