First hospital contact via the Emergency Department is an independent predictor of overall survival and disease-free survival in patients with colorectal cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: hospital admission via the Emergency Department is an indicator of aggressiveness and poorer prognosis compared to patients who enter via programmed routes. PMID: 31345043 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Rev Esp Enferm Dig Source Type: research