Perceptions of Risk.

The BJGP has a fine track record of publishing cancer research papers for primary care and this month continues in that vein. A clinical prediction tool for myeloma and validation of a novel algorithm to predict the risk of prostate cancer in asymptomatic men are important developments. Jon D Emery has written an editorial pulling these diagnostic threads together. He also brings in new qualitative research on how clinicians use gut feelings and Jean-Pierre Laake et al ’s study that took a targeted approach to possible cancer symptoms. Lively editorials on bereavement care, suicide prevention, and equity accompany that commentary and Judith Stephenson and colleagues offer a deep clinical review of preconception health. Two articles …