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