ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2026
Decision support tools for pancreatic cancer detection: external validation in Australian primary care - a retrospective cohort study.
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Abstract
backgroundPancreatic cancer is often diagnosed at an advanced stage with poor survival. Risk assessment tools have been developed to aid early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in primary care settings (QCancer
aimTo estimate and compare the performance of these tools for identifying patients with undiagnosed pancreatic cancer using Australian primary care data. DESIGN AND
settingA cohort study was conducted using linked primary care and cancer registry data from Victoria, Australia.
methodPatients presenting to primary care with signs and/or symptoms included in the tools (recorded in the primary care 'reason for encounter') were included. Diagnostic accuracy statistics for each tool (and their individual signs and symptoms) were compared.
resultsPatients with pancreatic cancer were more likely (
conclusionWhen applied to Australian primary care data, none of the tools were strongly predictive of pancreatic cancer. New diagnostic models incorporating additional data could potentially improve their predictive performance.
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