National Cancer Action Team, St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, UK.
Br J Cancer. 2009 Dec 3;101 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S1-4. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605382.
A National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI) has been established in England as part of the Government's strategy to improve cancer outcomes. One of the early priorities for this initiative has been to assemble the diverse evidence linking late diagnosis with poor survival and avoidable deaths. This supplement brings together new perspectives on existing research in this area together with findings from recently commissioned research. This paper describes a provisional model, the 'NAEDI pathway', for testing hypotheses relating to late diagnosis and its impact. Key findings from other papers in this supplement are also highlighted.
英格兰已经成立了国家认知和早期诊断倡议（NAEDI），这是政府改善癌症治疗效果战略的一部分。该倡议的早期重点之一是汇集将晚期诊断与较差的生存和可避免的死亡联系起来的各种证据。本增刊汇集了该领域现有研究的新观点以及最近委托开展的研究结果。本文描述了一个用于测试与晚期诊断及其影响相关假设的暂定模型，即“NAEDI 途径”。本增刊中其他论文的主要发现也被突出显示。
