Margins and Breast Cancer
Study Intervention Positive margin rate Re-excision rate Arm n % p-value % p-value Comice MRI 816 13%a n/s 16% 0.77 No MRI 807 15%a 19% Monet MRI 74 n/s n/s…
Investigating Symptoms Suggestive of Colorectal Cancer: Computed Tomographic Colonography or Colonoscopy?
Fig. 5.1 Matched endoluminal CTC (left panel), white-light endoscopic (middle panel) and narrow-band imaging endoscopic (right panel) images of a tumour in the ascending colon, just above the ileocecal valve….
Awareness of Colorectal Cancer: Recognition of Symptoms and Risk Factors by Socio-demographic Characteristics
Sample Sample n (%) Total 38,630 (100) Gender Women Men Missing 21,606 (56) 17,024 (44) 0 (0) Age (years) 15–54 55–74 75+ Missing 24,312 (63) 12,028 (31) 2290 (6) 0…
Enhancing Earlier Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer by Algorithmic Analysis of Trends in Complete Blood Counts
Fig. 4.1 Hb levels started within the normal range for all patients. Starting 10 years before the index date, the CRC cases and controls had similar and quite steady levels till…
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…
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…
The Psychological Implications of Diagnostic Delay in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Prediagnostic variables Psychological effect Length of time Prolongs period of anxiety and poor quality of life among both people found to have cancer and those with benign disease. Increased number…
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…
The 2015 World Health Organisation Classification of Lung Cancer
Fig. 5.1 Lepidic pattern adenocarcinoma. Tumour cells line intact, pre-existing alveolar walls. A lesion comprising only this pattern of tumour is adenocarcinoma in situ. This pattern is also common at…
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…
