Diagnostic pathway efficacy for urinary tract cancer: population-based outcome of standardized evaluation for macroscopic haematuria.

CONCLUSIONS: Macroscopic haematuria had a cancer capture rate of 19%, with higher predictive values in men and at older age, whereas anticoagulant therapy did not influence the diagnostic yield. The demonstrated lack of effect on time to treatment underscores the need to consider the entire patient process when initiating healthcare reforms to improve outcome. PMID: 30411661 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Scand J Urol Source Type: research