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. 2023 Dec 6;130(2):297–307. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02507-4

Fig. 5. The spectrum of cancer sites contained within each symptom (proportion of cancer sites within each symptom).

Fig. 5

“Gynaecological” and “Prostate and other male organs” cancer groups have similar colours because they occur exclusively in women and men, respectively. Symptoms with n < 20 by sex were excluded from the visualisation: Lymph node pain with alcohol (both), general lymphadenopathy (men), leukoplakia (both), new onset diabetes (both), clubbing (women), stridor (both), renal colic (women), breast pain (men), nipple changes (men), nipple discharge (men). GI Gastrointestinal, HPB Hepato-pancreato-biliary, CNS Central nervous system, DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis, Abdominal pain (NOS) Abdominal pain not otherwise specified, CIBH Change In Bowel Habit, LUTS Lower urinary tract symptoms, UTI Urinary Tract Infection, N/A never presented to primary care pre-diagnosis*, N/K patient records don’t contain answer to the question.* *According to the NCDA data collection instrument definitions of these categories.