A 64-year-old lifelong smoker presents to his GP with 3 weeks of haemoptysis and weight loss. He has no fever or signs of infection. He is otherwise s...

Question

A 64-year-old lifelong smoker presents to his GP with 3 weeks of haemoptysis and weight loss. He has no fever or signs of infection. He is otherwise stable. What is the most appropriate action?

Accepted Answer

Refer urgently on a suspected cancer (2-week wait) pathway for lung cancer

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Arrange a routine chest X-ray within 6 weeks

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Offer an urgent chest X-ray within 2 weeks and review the result

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Prescribe oral antibiotics and review in 1 week

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Arrange CT pulmonary angiography to exclude pulmonary embolism

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

A 64-year-old lifelong smoker presents to his GP with 3 weeks of haemoptysis and weight loss. He has no fever or signs of infection. He is otherwise stable. What is the most appropriate action?