ArticlePostgraduate medical journal2005
Endoscopy waiting times and impact of the two week wait scheme on diagnosis and outcome of upper gastrointestinal cancer.
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- ACG and CAG Clinical Guideline: Management of Dyspepsia.The American journal of gastroenterology · 2017Guideline
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- Diagnosis and treatment for gastro-oesophageal cancer in England and Wales: analysis of the National Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Audit (NOGCA) database 2012-2020.The British journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Two-Week Wait Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Pathway: A Single Tertiary Centre Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cureus · 2023Article
- A Prediction Model Based on the Risk Factors Associated with Pathological Upgrading in Patients with Early-Stage Gastric Neoplasms Diagnosed by Endoscopic Forceps Biopsy.Gut and liver · 2023Article
- "One stop" clinic for upper gastrointestinal cancer-an alternative to "straight to test" referrals?Irish journal of medical science · 2022Article
- Waiting time for cancer treatment and mental health among patients with newly diagnosed esophageal or gastric cancer: a nationwide cohort study.BMC cancer · 2017Article
- Number of Gastrointestinal Symptoms is a Useful Means of Identifying Patients with Cancer for Dysphagia.Dysphagia · 2016Article
- Medical student perspective: reducing patient waiting times in the UK National Health Service.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2016Article
- Predictive value of symptoms and demographics in diagnosing malignancy or peptic stricture.World journal of gastroenterology · 2012Article
- Delay in diagnostic workup and treatment of esophageal cancer.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2010Article
- Prospective evaluation of a novel one-stop testicular clinic.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2008Article
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Abstract
The NHS has introduced the two week wait scheme to detect upper gastrointestinal cancers at an early stage and improve survival rates The aim of this study was to assess the impact of this scheme and changes in endoscopy waiting times on tumour stage and resection rates over a four year period. Data were analysed prospectively for all patients diagnosed with oesophagogastric cancer between September 1998 and September 2002 and from those referred under the two week wait scheme since its introduction in 2000. Of those tumours diagnosed by this scheme (15%) only 5% were early disease (stage 1 or 2). Patients with early cancer, mainly diagnosed by routine gastroscopy, do not present with symptoms meeting the two week wait criteria. An increase in the resection rates for early disease will most probably be seen with a reduction in routine endoscopy waiting times.
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