# OnCo record idea-crc-uk-young-patient-referral-and-diagnostic-interval (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-crc-uk-young-patient-referral-and-diagnostic-interval/>
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  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-crc-uk-young-patient-referral-and-diagnostic-interval" ;
  schema:name "UK gap: shorten the route to diagnosis for patients below the screening age, where the rise in incidence is"@en ;
  schema:description "The fastest rise in bowel cancer is in people two decades younger than any screening programme, who reach diagnosis through symptoms, often after several visits. Screening cannot help them; the referral pathway can."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-crc-uk-young-patient-referral-and-diagnostic-interval/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-24"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng12>, <https://www.natcan.org.uk/audits/bowel/> ;
  onco:tag "colorectal-evidence" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/roadmaps/colorectal-roadmap/>, <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-crc-early-onset-cause-hunt/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/early-onset-colorectal/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/rectal-cancer/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/colorectal-screening/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/colonoscopy/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/nice/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/cruk/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/fit-test/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-early-detection/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-care-fragmentation/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-knowledge-diffusion/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-vuik-early-onset-colorectal-europe-gut-2019/>, <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-siegel-colorectal-incidence-birth-cohort-jnci-2017/>, <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-siegel-colorectal-cancer-statistics-ca-2023/> .