Use of healthcare services and prescription medication prior to sarcoma diagnosis in children, adolescents, and young adults in 1997-2020: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Sarcomas are among the leading causes of cancer death in children, adolescents, and young adults and survival has not been substantially improved for decades. Reducing the diagnostic interval could contribute meaningfully to increased survival at a low- cost. This study provided much-needed knowledge of the prediagnostic patient trajectories to direct future clinical efforts.

Methods

This population-based study examined the use of healthcare services in the two years preceding diagnosis in 1524 children, adolescents, and young adults with sarcoma compared to the background population, based on Danish national register data from 1997 to 2020.

Results

Sarcoma patients were more likely than the background population to have contacts in the primary healthcare sect

SUBMITTER: Dybdal DTH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12630154 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature