Abstract Aim To compare the outcomes of pre and post implementation a Faster Diagnostic Standard (FDS) at 28 62 days before after One-Stop Haematuria Clinic in James Paget University Hospital. Method The data for retrospective audit was collected from Somerset cancer registry Ullyses. All patients referred on 2 week-wait haematuria pathways were included July 2020-October 2020 (pre-implementati...

AIM To determine the sensitivity and specificity of digital infrared thermal imaging (DITI) in a series of women who underwent surgical excision or core biopsy of benign and malignant breast lesions presenting through the symptomatic clinic. MATERIALS AND METHODS DITI was evaluated in 63 symptomatic patients attending a one-stop diagnostic breast clinic. RESULTS Thermography had 90 true-neg...

Introduction Breast cancer accounted for 23.3% of all cancers in women in Kenya during the year 2000-2002 (1). Almost two thirds of these patients presented at advanced stages. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) can be a cost effective tool for an early and rapid diagnosis (2). Facilities for doing FNA are not available to a large population of patients due to shortage of skilled operators and cytopa...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to demonstrate the importance of transvaginal scan (TVS) in the detection of bladder tumors in patients presenting with postmenopausal bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined the case records of all patients that attended a one-stop clinic between September 2001 and May 2004. Those presenting with postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) underwent transvaginal scan...

As a response to the UK Health Department's "two week cancer wait" initiative a one stop dyspepsia clinic based on a nurse endoscopist was introduced, and the first 100 cases attending this clinic have been audited. After referral on a purpose designed form, patients were assessed by a gastroenterologist and then investigated at the same visit--where possible and appropriate--by endoscopy or ul...

Prompt diagnosis and early treatment for testicular cancer is vital. To help with this a one-stop, urologist run, testicular clinic with testicular ultrasound scanning as an integral part of the clinic format was introduced to investigate patients in an efficient and timely manner. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and efficiency of running a one-stop testicular clinic. A pros...

INTRODUCTION Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing group of nontuberculous mycobacteria more common in patients with genetic or acquired causes of immune deficiency. There have been few published reports of Mycobacterium fortuitum associated with breast infections mainly associated with breast implant and reconstructive surgery. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 51-year-old Cauca...