Clinical characteristics and outcomes for patients with an initial emergency presentation of malignancy: A 15 month audit of patient level data. Issue 1 (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Savage, Philip; Sharkey, Rachel; Kua, Teresa; Papanastasopoulos, Panagiotis; McDonald-Burrows, Zoe; Hassan, Shazalia; Probst, Fay; Sanders, Ali; Millington, Hugh
• Is Part Of: Cancer epidemiology. Volume 39:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 86
• Page End: 90
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Cancer -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Carcinogenesis -- Periodicals; 616.994005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2014.11.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-7821

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0175">Late diagnosis and emergency presentation of cancer patients remains a frequent event.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0180">Lung, colorectal and CNS cancers are the most common diagnoses.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0185">Emergency presentations patients are generally older than average.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0190">AOS services help expedite diagnosis and improve initial management.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>