National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) 14 July 2020
- Routes to Diagnosis categorises the pathways that lead to a patient’s diagnosis of cancer. These results provide an overview of the results for 2006 to 2017, showing the trends over time for all malignant neoplasms (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) and a snapshot of results in 2017 for female breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancers.
- One of the aspects highlighted by Routes to Diagnosis is the inequality in how people are diagnosed. A study by Herbert and others found that age and deprivation affect the route to diagnosis. Older people continue to make up the bulk of those diagnosed as an emergency presentation, and those who are more deprived are also more likely to be diagnosed through this route.
