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Don’t miss it, don’t harm them: brain tumour clues, and considering cancer and frailty
Don’t miss it, don’t harm them: brain tumour clues, and considering cancer and frailty
Send us a text Headache in the consultation room is common; a brain tumour is (thankfully) not — and that’s exactly why we’re so prone to worry and to miss the subtle clues. In this episode, Nik and Fi cut through the noise on headaches, red flags and brain tumours. They explore how no single symptom reliably hits the NICE “refer” threshold, what to do with “headache +” and “cognitive +”, when to push for urgent imaging/referral, and how to safety net adults and children. Then they move on to...