HaNC-RC-V.2: Head and Neck Cancer Remote Triage Data

A structured system for remote triaging of suspected head and neck cancer referrals and follow-up patients. The system is based on a risk calculator generated from 10,244 referrals and a symptom inventory from 5,123 follow-up consultations. It was developed by Vinidh Paleri of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Use Cases

• Validating a clinical risk calculator based on referral data with reported diagnostic efficacy metrics.
• Assessing the impact of a structured triage system on patient discharge and appointment deferral rates.
• Developing symptom inventories for remote monitoring of cancer patients on follow-up.

Strengths

• Risk calculator derived from a substantial cohort of 10,244 referrals.
• Symptom inventory generated from 5,123 follow-up consultations.
• Preliminary results from 511 triaging episodes across 13 centers are reported.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying datasets is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Collection Method

Adaptation of the Head and Neck Cancer Risk Calculator (HaNC-RC)-V.2 and creation of a symptom inventory.

Time Range

COVID-19 pandemic period