Table 2.

 Endoscopic diagnoses in patients referred from primary care to a rapid access upper gastrointestinal cancer service

Diagnosis	Evaluation cohort		Validation cohort
	All ages	<55 y	All ages	<55 y
Cancer	70 (3.8%)	5 (0.7%)	52 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)
Benign peptic stricture	37 (2.0%)	16 (2.3%)	24 (1.3%)	7 (1.2%)
Severe oesophagitis	111 (6.0%)	36 (5.2%)	46 (2.6%)	12 (2%)
Mild oesophagitis	201 (11%)	91 (13%)	199 (11.1%)	79 (13.1%)
Peptic ulcer	89 (4.8%)	24 (3.5%)	85 (4.8%)	29 (4.8%)
Normal or minor disease*	1344 (73%)	516 (75%)	1379 (77.3%)	476 (78.8%)
Total	1852 (100%)	688 (100%)	1785 (100%)	604 (100%)

*Includes hiatus hernia, gastritis, and duodenitis.