Open AccessComparison of the urgent referral for suspected breast cancer process with patient age and a predictive multivariable model
Author(s) -
Saed Ramzi,
Peter Cant
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bjs open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.974
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2474-9842
DOI - 10.1093/bjsopen/zraa023
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , breast cancer , cancer , demographics , odds ratio , pediatrics , family medicine , demography , sociology
The urgent 2-week wait referral for suspected breast cancer system (U2WW) in the UK prioritizes primary care referrals to one-stop breast clinics as 'urgent' or 'choose and book' (C&B). The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of U2WW in discriminating cancer versus no cancer, and to consider alternative criteria.