Are There Ethnic Differences in Recorded Features among Patients Subsequently Diagnosed with Cancer? An English Longitudinal Data-Linked Study.

ABSTRACT: We investigated ethnic differences in the presenting features recorded in primary care before cancer diagnosis.

Methods

English population-based cancer-registry-linked primary care data were analysed. We identified the coded features of six cancers (breast, lung, prostate, colorectal, oesophagogastric, and myeloma) in the year pre-diagnosis. Logistic regression models investigated ethnic differences in first-incident cancer features, adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, deprivation, and comorbidity.

Results

Of 130,944 patients, 92% were White. In total, 188,487 incident features were recorded in the year pre-diagnosis, with 48% (89,531) as sole features. Compared with White patients, Asian and Black patients with breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer were more likely than

SUBMITTER: Martins T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10296232 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature