Opportunities for reducing emergency diagnoses of colon cancer in women and men: A data-linkage study on pre-diagnostic symptomatic presentations and benign diagnoses.
Cristina RenziGeorgios LyratzopoulosWilliam T HamiltonBernard RachetPublished in: European journal of cancer care (2019)
Women have an increased risk of EP, in part due to less specific symptoms and their more frequent attribution to benign diagnoses. For women aged 40-59 years with new-onset IBS/diverticular disease innovative diagnostic strategies are needed, which might include use of quantitative faecal haemoglobin testing (FIT) or other colorectal cancer investigations. One-fifth of women had alarm symptoms before EP, offering opportunities for earlier diagnosis.
Keyphrases
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnancy outcomes
- cervical cancer screening
- emergency department
- public health
- healthcare
- gene expression
- high resolution
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- dna methylation
- electronic health record
- big data
- sleep quality
- adipose tissue
- middle aged
- physical activity
- mass spectrometry
- hiv infected
- deep learning
- irritable bowel syndrome