OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of the urgent 2-week referral pathway in facilitating the early diagnosis of @entity5 . DESIGN: Retrospective case notes review of all @entity1 referred via the pathway and all @entity1 diagnosed as having @entity5 via other means over a period of 3   years (January 2007-July 2010). SETTING: District general hospital with a shared care oncology service. @entity1 : 82 @entity1 aged 0-15 years. OUTCOME MEASURES: Outcomes for @entity1 referred via the 2-week urgent referral pathway, including diagnosis, need for further investigations and need for further specialist input. RESULTS: 35 @entity1 were referred via the 2-week urgent referral pathway with suspected @entity5 . Only one of these @entity1 had a @entity5 . 49% of @entity1 required no further investigations and 43% were discharged after the first appointment with no follow-up thought necessary. Over the same time period, 47 @entity1 were diagnosed as having @entity5 via other means. CONCLUSION: The pickup rate of @entity5 among @entity1 referred via the 2-week urgent referral pathway is extremely low and the vast majority of @entity5 is diagnosed via different routes.

Role of the 2-week urgent referral pathway in XXXX .

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['childhood cancer', 'cancer', 'malignancy'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'PATIENTS']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['childhood cancer']
