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Simon Erridge

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Research Postgraduate
 
 
 
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Block B Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith Campus

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Publications

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@article{Erridge:2021:10.3399/bjgp21X717413,
author = {Erridge, S and Lyratzopoulos, G and Renzi, C and Millar, A and Lee, R},
doi = {10.3399/bjgp21X717413},
journal = {British Journal of General Practice},
pages = {487--488},
title = {Rapid diagnostic centres and early cancer diagnosis.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp21X717413},
volume = {71},
year = {2021}
}
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AB  - Early cancer diagnosis is a clinical and research priority of the UK government. Earlier cancer diagnosis should enable identification of cancers at an earlier stage, leading to improved outcomes.1 This must be balanced with the potential physical and psychological harms of over-investigation and over-diagnosis.The ‘two-week wait’ (2WW) referral pathway represents the most common route to cancer diagnosis. However, only 39% of cancer diagnoses were made via 2WW pathways in 2017, while significant proportions of diagnoses are made via other outpatient clinics (32%) or emergency presentation (19%), representing potentially missed diagnostic opportunities.2Approximately 50% of cancer patients present with non-specific but concerning symptoms of cancer (NSCS).3 Compared to ‘alarm symptoms’ these have low predictive values for cancer and are less indicative of site-specific disease; consequently, they are not reflected in 2WW referral criteria.3 These patients frequently are referred later for specialist investigation and have more advanced disease.4 A principal goal for the new NHS Rapid Diagnostic Centres (RDCs) is to provide a pathway for patients with NSCS to detect cancer earlier, where treatment outcomes are more favourable.1 NHS England aims to provide full population coverage with RDCs by 2024.5
AU  - Erridge,S
AU  - Lyratzopoulos,G
AU  - Renzi,C
AU  - Millar,A
AU  - Lee,R
DO  - 10.3399/bjgp21X717413
EP  - 488
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 0960-1643
SP  - 487
TI  - Rapid diagnostic centres and early cancer diagnosis.
T2  - British Journal of General Practice
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp21X717413
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34711557
UR  - https://bjgp.org/content/71/712/487/tab-article-info
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/93679
VL  - 71
ER  -
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