Standardised Investigation and Referral of Alarm Symptoms for Colorectal Cancer

Jan 18, 2018 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Standardised Investigation and Referral of Alarm Symptoms for Colorectal Cancer

© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Louise Olsson (ed.)Timely Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65286-3_6 6. Standardised Investigation and Referral of Alarm Symptoms for Colorectal Cancer Jane Young1, 2   and Michael Solomon1, 3   (1) School of Public Health, University…

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Bowel Symptoms in Relation to Colorectal Cancer

Jan 18, 2018 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Bowel Symptoms in Relation to Colorectal Cancer

Symptom DOR (95% CI) AUC Sensitivity (95% CI) 1-specificity (95% CI) LR+ (95% CI) LR− (95% CI) Rectal bleedinga 2.6 (1.9–3.6) p < 0.001 0.66 0.46 (0.38–0.55) 0.25 (0.19–0.31) 1.9 (1.5–2.3) 0.7…

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Faecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) for Haemoglobin for Timely Assessment of Patients with Symptoms of Colorectal Disease

Jan 18, 2018 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Faecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) for Haemoglobin for Timely Assessment of Patients with Symptoms of Colorectal Disease

Author, reference, country Analytical system Invitation strategy Number with faecal haemoglobin concentration and endoscopy data Recruitment from primary/secondary care McDonald et al., [51], Scotland OC-Sensor Phone call of invitation by…

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Precursor and Preinvasive Lesions

Jan 18, 2018 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Precursor and Preinvasive Lesions

Fig. 17.1 Neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: Bronchiolar epithelium is undermined by a uniform proliferation of round to oval neuroendocrine cells, without stromal invasion Fig. 17.2 Neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia. Proliferations of cells can be…

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Biology of Lung Cancer Metastases

Jan 18, 2018 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Biology of Lung Cancer Metastases

Fig. 16.1 A primary lung cancer (left panel) involving the lung of a non-smoker patient treated for recurrent NSCLC with multiple cycles of chemotherapy and radiation. The patient had involvement…

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