Cost of detecting malignant lesions by endoscopy in 2741 primary care dyspeptic patients without alarm symptoms.

Vakil, Nimish;Talley, Nicholas;van Zanten, Sander Veldhuyzen;Flook, Nigel;Martinet, Jean-Paul;et.al.
(2009) Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology — Vol. 7, n° 7, p. 756-761 (2009)

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  • Vakil, Nimish
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  • Talley, Nicholas
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  • van Zanten, Sander Veldhuyzen
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  • Flook, Nigel
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  • Martinet, Jean-PaulUCLouvain
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Abstract
Primary care dyspeptic patients without alarm symptoms rarely have serious underlying conditions at endoscopy. The costs associated with diagnosing an occult malignancy are large, but an age cut-off of 50 years for early endoscopy provides the best assurance that an occult malignancy will not be missed.
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Vakil, N., Talley, N., van Zanten, S. V., Flook, N., Persson, T., Björck, E., Lind, T., & Bolling-Sternevald, E. (2009). Cost of detecting malignant lesions by endoscopy in 2741 primary care dyspeptic patients without alarm symptoms. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 7(7), 756-761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2009.03.031 (Original work published 2009)