Defining, Measuring and Preventing the Diagnosis of Cancer as an Emergency: A Critical Review of Current Evidence
Zhou Y, Abel G, Hamilton W, Pritchard-Jones K, Gross C, Walter F, Renzi C, Johnson S, McPhail S, Elliss-Brookes L, Lyratzopoulos G. Defining, Measuring and Preventing the Diagnosis of Cancer as an Emergency: A Critical Review of Current Evidence. Journal Of Global Oncology 2018, 4: 48s-48s. DOI: 10.1200/jgo.18.45300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency presentationDiagnosis of cancerProportion of patientsPatient-reported outcomesPopulation-based studyHealth care useHealth care factorsHealth care interventionsPatient characteristicsPatient's symptomsLung cancerCurrent evidencePatientsDifferent tumorsCancerCancer typesLimited evidenceDiagnosisCancer diagnosisPublic healthPresentationSymptomsSuch presentationsConsistent inequalitiesRelevant evidence