A 59-year-old man with long-standing GERD develops dysphagia for solids. What is the appropriate referral pathway?...

Question

A 59-year-old man with long-standing GERD develops dysphagia for solids. What is the appropriate referral pathway?

Accepted Answer

Urgent 2-week-wait suspected cancer pathway

Answer

Routine gastroenterology referral within 18 weeks

Answer

Treat with PPI for 8 weeks then review

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Barium swallow first in primary care

Answer

H. pylori eradication first

mrcgp akt MCQ (SBA): Oesophageal cancer (suspected)