Have large increases in fast track referrals improved bowel cancer outcomes in UK?

BMJ. 2020 Nov 10:371:m3273. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3273.

Authors

Michael Thompson¹, Daniel O'Leary², Iona Heath³, Lynn Faulds Wood³, Brian Ellis², Karen Flashman²; d; Neil Smart⁴, John Nicholls⁵, Neil Mortensen⁶, Paul Finan⁷, Asha Senapati², Robert Steele⁸, Peter Dawson⁵, James Hill⁹, Brendan Moran¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK michaelrthompson@me.com.
² Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
³ London, UK.
⁴ University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
⁵ Imperial College, London, UK.
⁶ John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁷ St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
⁸ University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
⁹ Manchester University, Manchester, UK.
¹⁰ North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, UK.

PMID: 33172846
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m3273

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Colorectal Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality Improvement*
Referral and Consultation / standards*
State Medicine
United Kingdom