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Patients presenting as an emergency with colorectal cancer have more advanced tumors, worse clinical outcomes including higher in-hospital mortality and poorer 5-year survival, and are more likely to be older and widowed compared to those admitted electively. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

March 1, 1995British journal of surgery

Risk factors in patients presenting as an emergency with colorectal cancer

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NSNigel ScottCenters for Disease Control and Prevention JJJ JeacockTrafford General Hospital RKR D KingstonUniversity of Liverpool

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Emergency colorectal cancer presentations associate with advanced stage; hypothesis-generating for earlier detection strategies.

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Scott et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bfbe6d54006be995f5949 https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800820311

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Risk factors in patients presenting as an emergency with colorectal cancer

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Risk factors in patients presenting as an emergency with colorectal cancer

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