Urgent Bite 161 - Bowel Cancer in Urgent Care

Good safety netting and follow-up are vital for patients presenting through UC with rectal bleeding.

 

Check out the paper mentioned.

Lamprell, K., Pulido, D.F., Arnolda, G. et al. People with early-onset colorectal cancer describe primary care barriers to timely diagnosis: a mixed-methods study of web-based patient reports in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. BMC Prim. Care 24, 12 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-01967-0

 

Check out the Ministry of Health Referral Criteria - https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/referral-criteria-direct-access-outpatient-colonoscopy-computed-tomography-colonography-feb19-v2.pdf

 

Check out the BPAC article - https://bpac.org.nz/2020/bowel-cancer.aspx 

 

Check out GP Research Review - https://www.researchreview.co.nz/nz/Clinical-Area/General-Medicine/General-Practice.aspx

 

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