Emergency cancer diagnosis in Paris: A cross-sectional study using AP-HP data.

ABSTRACT: Many cancer patients are diagnosed following an emergency hospital admission in the 30 days preceding their diagnosis ('emergency presentation') and these patients have worse outcomes. Despite multiple international studies, there is only sparse evidence on emergency diagnosis of cancer in France. We examined the frequency of emergency presentation and its association with survival in patients with breast, lung, colon, rectal and pancreatic cancer, using data from the Paris Region University Hospitals (Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP). Between January 2019 and June 2022, 25,845 patients were newly referred with a relevant cancer, of whom 3960 (15.3%) were emergency presentations (23% for pancreatic, 20% for colon, 19% for lung, 9% for rectal and 6% for breast cancer). Emergenc

SUBMITTER: Barclay ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12496007 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature