Time to diagnosis of symptomatic gastric and oesophageal cancer in the Netherlands: Where is the room for improvement?

N F van ErpC W HelsperP SlottjeD BrandenbargF L BüchnerK M van AsseltJean W M MurisM F KortekaasPhm PeetersN J de Wit

Published in: United European gastroenterology journal (2020)

In the diagnostic pathway of upper gastrointestinal cancers, the longest interval is the patient interval. Reducing time to diagnosis may be achieved by improving patients' awareness of alarm symptoms and by diagnostic strategies which better identify cancer patients despite low suspicion.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
physical activity
patient reported outcomes
squamous cell
young adults
sleep quality