PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Zeichner, Simon B.
AU  - Montero, Alberto J.
TI  - Detecting cancer: Pearls for the primary care physician
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15124
DP  - 2016 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 515--523
VI  - 83
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/7/515.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/7/515.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2016 Jul 01; 83
AB  - Five-year survival rates have improved over the past 40 years for nearly all types of cancer, partially thanks to early detection and prevention. Since patients typically present to their primary care physician with initial symptoms, it is vital for primary care physicians to accurately diagnose common cancers and to recognize unusual presentations of highly curable cancers such as Hodgkin lymphoma and testicular cancers, for which the 5-year overall survival rates are greater than 85%. This paper reviews these cancers and provides clinically relevant pearls from an oncologic perspective for physicians who are the first point of contact.