Contrasting effects of comorbidities on emergency colon cancer diagnosis: a longitudinal data-linkage study in England

• Glavni autori: Cristina Renzi (Autor), Georgios Lyratzopoulos (Autor), Willie Hamilton (Autor), Camille Maringe (Autor), Bernard Rachet (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Abstract Background One in three colon cancers are diagnosed as an emergency, which is associated with worse cancer outcomes. Chronic conditions (comorbidities) affect large proportions of adults and they might influence the risk of emergency presentations (EP). Methods We aimed to evaluate the effe...