A 50-year-old man with a long history of smoking presents with a chronic cough and haemoptysis. You suspect lung cancer. According to NICE suspected c...

Question

A 50-year-old man with a long history of smoking presents with a chronic cough and haemoptysis. You suspect lung cancer. According to NICE suspected cancer referral guidance, what is the most appropriate action?

Accepted Answer

Arrange an urgent 2-week-wait referral to a suspected lung cancer clinic

Answer

Reassure him and repeat chest X-ray in 6 months

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Treat empirically for pneumonia and review in 4 weeks

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Arrange a routine outpatient clinic appointment

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Request a CT scan only if haemoptysis recurs

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Suspected lung cancer

A 50-year-old man with a long history of smoking presents with a chronic cough and haemoptysis. You suspect lung cancer. According to NICE suspected cancer referral guidance, what is the most appropriate action?