Frequent Missed Opportunities for Earlier Diagnosis of Advanced-Stage Colorectal or Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Missed and delayed cancer diagnoses worsen patient outcomes. Overlooking cancer-related diagnostic signals may result in advanced-stage presentations.

Objective

To develop and implement a digital quality measure of the proportion of advanced-stage cancer diagnoses in the US and assess the rate of missed diagnostic opportunities.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used electronic health records and a cancer registry of patients with cancer diagnosed from 2016 to 2020 at 2 integrated health care systems, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system and Geisinger Health System. Patients with incident colorectal cancer (CRC) or non-small cell lung cancer, with at least 1 primary care visit in the 2 years before cancer diagnosis, were inclu

SUBMITTER: Zimolzak AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12281389 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature