G. Lyratzopoulos
The relative length of the patient and the primary care interval in patients with 28 common and rarer cancers
Lyratzopoulos, G.; Saunders, C.L.; Abel, G.A.; McPhail, S.; Neal, R.D.; Wardle, J.; Rubin, G.P.
Authors
C.L. Saunders
G.A. Abel
S. McPhail
R.D. Neal
J. Wardle
G.P. Rubin
Abstract
Background: Appreciating variation in the length of pre- or post-presentation diagnostic intervals can help prioritise early diagnosis interventions with either a community or a primary care focus. Methods: We analysed data from the first English National Audit of Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care on 10 953 patients with any of 28 cancers. We calculated summary statistics for the length of the patient and the primary care interval and their ratio, by cancer site. Results: Interval lengths varied greatly by cancer. Laryngeal and oropharyngeal cancers had the longest median patient intervals, whereas renal and bladder cancer had the shortest (34.5 and 30 compared with 3 and 2 days, respectively). Multiple myeloma and gallbladder cancer had the longest median primary care intervals, and melanoma and breast cancer had the shortest (20.5 and 20 compared with 0 and 0 days, respectively). Mean patient intervals were longer than primary care intervals for most (18 of 28) cancers, and notably so (two- to five-fold greater) for 10 cancers (breast, melanoma, testicular, vulval, cervical, endometrial, oropharyngeal, laryngeal, ovarian and thyroid). Conclusions: The findings support the continuing development and evaluation of public health interventions aimed at shortening patient intervals, particularly for cancers with long patient interval and/or high patient interval over primary care interval ratio.
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Lyratzopoulos, G., Saunders, C., Abel, G., McPhail, S., Neal, R., Wardle, J., & Rubin, G. (2015). The relative length of the patient and the primary care interval in patients with 28 common and rarer cancers. British Journal of Cancer, 112(s1), S35-S40. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.40
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Mar 31, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Jan 26, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 27, 2016 |
Journal | British Journal of Cancer |
Print ISSN | 0007-0920 |
Electronic ISSN | 1532-1827 |
Publisher | Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com] |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 112 |
Issue | s1 |
Pages | S35-S40 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.40 |
Keywords | Patient, Primary care, Interval, Public, Health, Interventions, Symptoms. |
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