Diagnosis, treatment, and survival from kidney cancer: real-world NHS England data between 2013-2019.

Samantha ConroyJwf CattoA BexJ BrownJ CartledgeA FieldingR J JonesV KhooDavid L Nicol Grant D Stewart Mark E Sullivan Maxine Gia Binh TranR WoodwardM G Cumberbatch

Published in: BJU international (2023)

The NHS Digital Resource provides useful insight about the incidence, diagnostic pathways, treatment and survival of KC patients in England and a useful benchmark for the upcoming commissioned National Kidney Cancer Audit. Route to diagnosis data may be limited by incidental diagnoses, which could confound the high proportion of 'emergency' diagnoses. Importantly, survival outcomes remained relatively unchanged.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
end stage renal disease
patient safety
squamous cell
electronic health record
public health
emergency department
big data
chronic kidney disease
squamous cell carcinoma
risk factors
machine learning
young adults
artificial intelligence