Greenlandic patients with colorectal cancer: symptomatology, primary investigations and differences in diagnostic intervals between Nuuk and the rest of the country

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Johan Tolstrup, Rasmus Chemnitz Madsen, Maria Vandborg Sneftrup, Birgit Niclasen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017
• Subjects: Colorectal cancer; Greenland; Primary care; practitioners’ delay; hospital delay; symptomatology; diagnostic interval; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nuuk; Circumpolar Health; greenlandic; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1344086; https://doaj.org/article/c237ac338f27471ea9bf479088551a1a

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a potentially fatal disease, and expedited referral and treatment is needed to ensure early detection. Objective: We aimed to assess the symptomatology of Greenlandic patients with CRC and the primary investigations initiated before referral to Dronning Ingrids...