title: Survival rate after emergency diagnosis of cancer is 'shocking'.
abstract: ONE QUARTER of patients diagnosed with cancer after attending a London emergency department will die within two months, latest research suggests. Study author Kathy Pritchard-Jones, chief medical officer for London Cancer, said the 'shocking figures' confirm that early diagnosis makes a huge difference to the chances of surviving cancer.
mesh_terms: D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D015996:Survival Rate