Table 1 Number of diagnoses by cancer type for first cancer diagnoses by emergency admission, n = 902 diagnoses
Cancer type | Frequency, n | (%) |
|---|---|---|
Other cancer | 193 | (21.4) |
Breast | 123 | (13.6) |
Colorectal | 104 | (11.5) |
Lung | 95 | (10.5) |
Prostate | 84 | (9.31) |
Bladder | 54 | (5.99) |
Non-hodgkin’s lymphoma | 37 | (4.10) |
Oesophagus | 31 | (3.44) |
Uterus | 22 | (2.44) |
Kidney | 21 | (2.33) |
Ovary | 18 | (2.00) |
Stomach | 17 | (1.88) |
Brain & central nervous system | 16 | (1.77) |
Multiple myeloma | 16 | (1.77) |
Pancreas | 16 | (1.77) |
Oral | 11 | (1.22) |
Melanoma | 10 | (1.11) |
Chronic leukaemia | 9 | (1.00) |
Acute leukaemia | 8 | (0.89) |
Testis | 8 | (0.89) |
Cervix | 7 | (0.78) |
Larynx | 2 | (0.22) |