Endoscopic diagnoses in patients referred from primary care to a rapid access upper gastrointestinal cancer service
| Diagnosis | Evaluation cohort | Validation cohort | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | <55 y | All ages | <55 y | |
| *Includes hiatus hernia, gastritis, and duodenitis. | ||||
| Cancer | 70 (3.8%) | 5 (0.7%) | 52 (2.9%) | 1 (0.2%) |
| Benign peptic stricture | 37 (2.0%) | 16 (2.3%) | 24 (1.3%) | 7 (1.2%) |
| Severe oesophagitis | 111 (6.0%) | 36 (5.2%) | 46 (2.6%) | 12 (2%) |
| Mild oesophagitis | 201 (11%) | 91 (13%) | 199 (11.1%) | 79 (13.1%) |
| Peptic ulcer | 89 (4.8%) | 24 (3.5%) | 85 (4.8%) | 29 (4.8%) |
| Normal or minor disease* | 1344 (73%) | 516 (75%) | 1379 (77.3%) | 476 (78.8%) |
| Total | 1852 (100%) | 688 (100%) | 1785 (100%) | 604 (100%) |