Acute urinary retention and risk of cancer: population based Danish cohort study.

Maria Bisgaard Bengtsen Dóra Körmendiné Farkas Michael Borre Henrik Toft Sorensen Mette Nørgaard

Published in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2021)

Acute urinary retention might be a clinical marker for occult urogenital, colorectal, and neurological cancers. Occult cancer should possibly be considered in patients aged 50 years or older presenting with acute urinary retention and no obvious underlying cause.

Keyphrases

liver failure
respiratory failure
papillary thyroid
aortic dissection
drug induced
end stage renal disease
squamous cell
chronic kidney disease
childhood cancer
peritoneal dialysis
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
young adults
mechanical ventilation