Interventions to reduce the time to diagnosis of brain tumours

Grant, Robin; Lawrie, Theresa A; Brennan, Paul M; Walter, Fiona M; Ben‐Shlomo, Yoav; Hunt, David William; Tomlinson, Eve; Bulbeck, Helen; Kernohan, Ashleigh; Robinson, Tomos; +1 more... Vale, Luke; (2020) Interventions to reduce the time to diagnosis of brain tumours. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2020 (3). ISSN 1469-493X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013564

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To systematically evaluate evidence on the effectiveness of interventions that may influence symptomatic participants to present early (shortening the 'Patient Interval'), thresholds for primary care referral (shortening the 'Primary Care Interval'), and time to imaging diagnosis (shortening the 'Secondary Care Interval' and 'Diagnostic Interval'). To produce a brief economic commentary summarising the economic evaluations relevant to these interventions.