Pre-referral pelvic examination and patient outcomes

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  The role of pelvic examination in primary care in diagnosing gynaecological cancer.

• IRAS ID

  232848

• Contact name

  Pauline Williams

• Contact email

  pauline.williams@abdn.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Aberdeen

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  Survival from gynaecological cancer, the second most common female cancer type, is poorer in the UK than many
  other countries. To help GPs diagnose gynaecological cancers more quickly, guidelines have been developed which
  recommend internal vaginal examination before referral, despite limited evidence to support this.
  This project will collect data from primary care records of women diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer: pre-referral pelvic examination; demographic data; symptoms at presentation; route to diagnosis and link it to the NHS Grampian Cancer Care Pathway database to determine what factors, if any, affect the cancer stage at diagnosis.

• REC name

  North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2

• REC reference

  17/NS/0096

• Date of REC Opinion

  18 Sep 2017

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion