A review of sex-related differences in colorectal cancer incidence, screening uptake, routes to diagnosis, cancer stage and survival in the UK

A White, L Ironmonger, RJC Steele, N Ormiston-Smith… - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is an illness strongly influenced by sex and gender,
with mortality rates in males significantly higher than females. There is still a dearth of …

Diagnosis of cancer as an emergency: a critical review of current evidence

Y Zhou, GA Abel, W Hamilton… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2017 - nature.com
Many patients with cancer are diagnosed through an emergency presentation, which is
associated with inferior clinical and patient-reported outcomes compared with those of …

Risk factors for delayed presentation and referral of symptomatic cancer: evidence for common cancers

U Macleod, ED Mitchell, C Burgess… - British journal of …, 2009 - nature.com
Background: It has been suggested that the known poorer survival from cancer in the United
Kingdom, compared with other European countries, can be attributed to more advanced …

Trends in colorectal cancer mortality in Europe: retrospective analysis of the WHO mortality database

DA Ouakrim, C Pizot, M Boniol, M Malvezzi, M Boniol… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Objective To examine changes in colorectal cancer mortality in 34 European countries
between 1970 and 2011. Design Retrospective trend analysis. Data source World Health …

Women's knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention: a cross sectional study in Eastern Uganda

T Mukama, R Ndejjo, A Musabyimana, AA Halage… - BMC women's …, 2017 - Springer
Background Cervical cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women in
Uganda, often due to late disease diagnosis. Early screening for the cancer has been shown …

Differences in cancer awareness and beliefs between Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK (the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership …

LJL Forbes, AE Simon, F Warburton, D Boniface… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: There are wide international differences in 1-year cancer survival. The UK and
Denmark perform poorly compared with other high-income countries with similar health care …

Factors influencing colorectal cancer screening participation

AZ Gimeno García - Gastroenterology research and practice, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major health problem worldwide. Although population‐based
CRC screening is strongly recommended in average‐risk population, compliance rates are …

Diagnosing cancer earlier: reviewing the evidence for improving cancer survival.

SC Hiom - British journal of cancer, 2015 - nature.com
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[HTML][HTML] The national awareness and early diagnosis initiative in England: assembling the evidence

MA Richards - British journal of cancer, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract A National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI) has been established
in England as part of the Government's strategy to improve cancer outcomes. One of the …

Development of a measurement tool to assess public awareness of cancer

S Stubbings, K Robb, J Waller, A Ramirez… - British journal of …, 2009 - nature.com
Objective: We aimed to develop and validate a measurement tool to assess cancer
awareness in the general population: the cancer awareness measure (CAM). Methods …