Rikke Pilsgaard Svendsen|Henrik Støvring|Bjarne Lühr Hansen|Jakob Kragstrup|Jens Søndergaard|Dorte Ejg Jarbøl
Prevalence of cancer alarm symptoms: A population-based cross-sectional study
University of Southern Denmark|University of Southern Denmark|University of Southern Denmark|University of Southern Denmark|University of Southern Denmark|University of Southern Denmark
estimate prevalence alarm symptoms breast colorectal urinary tract lung cancer general populationcrosssectional questionnaire surveythe former county funen denmark 480000 inhabitantsa total 13777 randomly selected persons aged 20 years olderprevalence estimates experienced cancer alarm symptoms past 12 months lump breast blood bowel movements blood urine coughing six weeks number alarm symptoms experienced within past 12 months also calculatedwith response rate 69 33 responders 95 ci 29 37 reported lump breast 57 52 63 reported blood bowel movements 22 19 25 reported blood urine 65 61 75 reported coughing six weeks within past 12 months overall 153 95 confidence interval 143 163 females 127 116 137 males reported experienced least one cancer alarm symptom within past 12 monthsalarm symptoms breast colorectal urinary tract lung cancer common general population approximately 15 population experienced least one cancer alarm symptom within past 12 months