Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the management of patients with cancer

E Raymond, C Thieblemont, S Alran, S Faivre - Targeted oncology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak is having a profound impact on
the management of patients with cancer. In this review, we comprehensively investigate the …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of delay in radical cystectomy and the effect on survival in bladder cancer patients

B Russell, F Liedberg, MS Khan, R Nair… - European Urology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Context The complexity of bladder cancer diagnosis and staging results in delays in
definitive treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer by radical cystectomy. Objective This …

Presenting symptoms of cancer and stage at diagnosis: evidence from a cross-sectional, population-based study

MM Koo, R Swann, S McPhail, GA Abel… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Early diagnosis interventions such as symptom awareness campaigns
increasingly form part of global cancer control strategies. However, these strategies will …

[HTML][HTML] Typical and atypical presenting symptoms of breast cancer and their associations with diagnostic intervals: Evidence from a national audit of cancer diagnosis

MM Koo, C von Wagner, GA Abel, S McPhail… - Cancer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Most symptomatic women with breast cancer have relatively short diagnostic
intervals but a substantial minority experience prolonged journeys to diagnosis. Atypical …

Diagnosing cancer in primary care: results from the National Cancer Diagnosis Audit

R Swann, S McPhail, J Witt, B Shand, GA Abel… - British Journal of …, 2018 - bjgp.org
Background Continual improvements in diagnostic processes are needed to minimise the
proportion of patients with cancer who experience diagnostic delays. Clinical audit is a …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of increasing mortality with longer diagnostic intervals for five common cancers: a cohort study in primary care

ML Tørring, M Frydenberg, RP Hansen, F Olesen… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis is considered a key factor in improving the outcomes in
cancer therapy; it remains unclear, however, whether long pre-diagnostic patient pathways …

Comparison of cancer diagnostic intervals before and after implementation of NICE guidelines: analysis of data from the UK General Practice Research Database

RD Neal, NU Din, W Hamilton, OC Ukoumunne… - British journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
Background: The primary aim was to use routine data to compare cancer diagnostic
intervals before and after implementation of the 2005 NICE Referral Guidelines for …

Differences in cancer awareness and beliefs between Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK (the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership …

LJL Forbes, AE Simon, F Warburton, D Boniface… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: There are wide international differences in 1-year cancer survival. The UK and
Denmark perform poorly compared with other high-income countries with similar health care …

[HTML][HTML] Symptom signatures and diagnostic timeliness in cancer patients: a review of current evidence

MM Koo, W Hamilton, FM Walter, GP Rubin… - Neoplasia, 2018 - Elsevier
Early diagnosis is an important aspect of contemporary cancer prevention and control
strategies, as the majority of patients are diagnosed following symptomatic presentation. The …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer has not gone away: a primary care perspective to support a balanced approach for timely cancer diagnosis during COVID‐19

CW Helsper, C Campbell, J Emery… - European journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and direct impact on the health and lives of
the global population and has placed a huge burden on healthcare systems (Mayor, 2020; …