Nature

Does emergency presentation of cancer represent poor performance in primary care? Insights from a novel analysis of linked primary and secondary care data

People diagnosed with cancer following emergency presentation have poorer short-term survival. To what extent this signifies a missed opportunity for earlier diagnosis in primary care remains unclear ...
Medical Xpress

Emergency cancer diagnoses linked to significantly lower survival

How a cancer is first discovered can shape what happens next, and new research shows a need to map treatment for older adults diagnosed in the emergency department who face sharply lower survival. We ...
Nature

Do colorectal cancer patients diagnosed as an emergency differ from non-emergency patients in their consultation patterns and symptoms? A longitudinal data-linkage study in England

More than 20% of colorectal cancers are diagnosed following an emergency presentation. We aimed to examine pre-diagnostic primary-care consultations and related symptoms comparing patients diagnosed ...
ascopubs.org

Emergency presentation of cancer and subsequent care fragmentation: A SEER-Medicare study.

Evaluating the impact of financial navigation on financial catastrophe and distress for cancer care in Nigeria: A randomized control trial—COST-FIN. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO ...