P85 A retrospective analysis of five years of referrals for haemoptysis under the two-week-wait pathway to a university teaching hospital

Published: Nov 12, 2019
Abstract
Background null Patients with haemoptysis are often referred via the two-week-wait (2ww) suspected lung cancer pathway. CXR has poor sensitivity and most patients undergo a Computed Tomography (CT) scan. Previous studies have suggested that CT may miss small lesions in up to 5% of the cancer cases leading to fibreoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) also frequently being performed.1 We performed a retrospective analysis of five years of patients presenting...
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Title
P85 A retrospective analysis of five years of referrals for haemoptysis under the two-week-wait pathway to a university teaching hospital
Published Date
Nov 12, 2019
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