London, Europe Brief News – One-third of the patients find out that they have cancer in A&E in Britain. Cancer diagnosis in UK is crucial for the treatment of cancer patients. Cancer patients in England, Scotland, and Wales are only able to discover that they have the disease once they are admitted to the hospital. People who end up going to A&E, after multiple trips to their GP, are less likely to survive especially if they have stomach, bowel, liver, pancreatic, lung, or ovarian cancer.
According to the Cancer Research UK (CRUK), the examined cancer data proves that the hospital admissions across 14 regions in Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, and the UK have confirmed the accuracy of this research.
Cancer data has a time lag. The data that was collected between 2012 and 2017 feared that the outlook is even worse after the Covid-19 pandemic. Experts at University College London analyzed the condition of the cancer patients and found that more than a third of patients in England (37%), Wales (37%), and Scotland (39%) were able to get diagnosed after being rushed to hospital. In Northern Ireland, emergency presentations accounted for more than (28%) of diagnoses.
Cancer Patients Diagnosis In Different Parts Of The World
England, Wales, and Scotland ranked worse as compared to other regions and countries. New Zealand recorded the lowest rate. When it comes to specific cancer diagnosis, 46% of people that have pancreatic cancer were diagnosed after getting rushed to the emergency ward.
The figure was much higher in Britain. 56% of cancer patients in England and Wales and 59% in Scotland only find out about the disease after they visit the hospital. In New Zealand, 60% of patients got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after they experienced cancer symptoms. In Norway, it was 55%. The figures in Ontario and Alberta were 35% and 41% respectively.
About 47% of people in the UK were diagnosed with liver cancer in an emergency center. The percentage fell to 40% in New South Wales, 32% in Alberta, and 28% in Ontario. In Norway, the figure was 51%.
The study found that people aged 75 and over are more likely to get diagnosed in an emergency, as compared to those whose cancer was advanced. Emergency diagnoses also result in a twofold higher risk of dying in the coming 12 months as compared with people who get diagnosed at other times. Cancers diagnosis in UK is done after the patients experience vague symptoms.
