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A Comprehensive Single Institutional Review of 2 Years in a Designated Fast-Track Sarcoma Diagnostic Clinic Linked with a Sarcoma Specialist Advisory Group: Meeting the Target but Failing the Task?
- Source :
- Sarcoma, Vol 2016 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background. National guidelines prompted the implementation of a designated two-week wait referral pathway to facilitate the early diagnosis of sarcomas, to improve treatment outcomes. Methods. Patients referred to the Cambridge Sarcoma Diagnostic Clinic between January 2013 and December 2014 were identified through the electronic appointments system. Information was retrospectively retrieved about patient characteristics and details of the diagnostic pathway. Results. 17.3% of patients referred (69/397) were diagnosed with a malignancy. Of these, 59.3% (41/69) had primary sarcomas, 17.4% (12/69) had metastatic cancer, and 23.2% (16/69) had a different primary malignancy. 15% of the 41 sarcomas were 10 cm. Sarcomas diagnosed through this clinic represented 13% (41/315) of sarcomas managed at the centre during the same 2 years. Conclusion. While we achieved the target of 10% (41/397) sarcoma diagnosis rate in the rapid access clinic, only 15% of these were
- Subjects :
- Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1357714X and 13691643
- Volume :
- 2016
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Sarcoma
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4155276bdc4bb59002ec3d09e2effc
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6032606