Impact of radiographer immediate reporting of chest X-rays from general practice on the lung cancer pathway (radioX): study protocol for a randomised control trial

Abstract Background Diagnostic capacity and suboptimal logistics are consistently identified as barriers to timely diagnosis of cancer, especially lung cancer. Immediate chest X-ray (CXR) reporting for patients referred from general practice is advocated in the National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway t...

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Main Authors: Nick Woznitza, Anand Devaraj, Samuel M. Janes, Stephen W. Duffy, Angshu Bhowmik, Susan Rowe, Keith Piper, Sue Maughn, David R. Baldwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Trials
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2268-x