The Suspected CANcer (SCAN) pathway: protocol for evaluating a new standard of care for patients with non-specific symptoms of cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cancer survival in England lags behind most European countries, due partly to lower rates of early stage diagnosis. We report the protocol for the evaluation of a multidisciplinary diagnostic centre-based pathway for the investigation of 'low-risk but not no-risk' cancer symptoms called the Suspected CANcer (SCAN) pathway. SCAN is a new standard of care being implemented in Oxfordshire; one of a number of pathways implemented during the second wave of the Accelerate, Coordinate, Evaluate (ACE) programme, an initiative which aims to improve England's cancer survival rates through establishing effective routes to early diagnosis.

Methods and analysis

To evaluate SCAN, we are collating a prospective database of patients referred onto the pathway by their general pr

SUBMITTER: Nicholson BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5780707 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature