LungCancer in afya

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2005 NICE

''immediate referral''
    signs of superior vena caval obstruction (swelling of the face/neck with fixed elevation of jugular venous pressure)
    stridor

''urgent''
    persistent haemoptysis (in smokers or ex-smokers aged 40 years and older)
    a chest X-ray suggestive of lung cancer (including pleural effusion and slowly resolving consolidation)
    a normal chest X-ray where there is a high suspicion of lung cancer
    a history of asbestos exposure and recent onset of chest pain, shortness of breath or unexplained systemic symptoms where a chest x-ray indicates pleural effusion, pleural mass or any suspicious lung pathology

''urgent CXR'' 
    haemoptysis
    unexplained or >3/52 - chest/shoulder pain, dyspnoea, weight loss, chest signs, hoarseness, finger clubbing, cervical or supraclavicular lymphadenopathy, cough, features suggestive of metastasis from lung cancer (for example, secondaries in the brain, bone, liver, skin)
    underlying chronic respiratory problems with unexplained changes in existing symptoms

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