Incidental Cancer Diagnoses in Trauma Patients: A Case–Control Study Evaluating Long-term Outcomes

Background This study evaluates whether trauma patients who incidentally learned about a malignancy have similar long-term outcomes as patients who organically learned about their malignancy. Materials and methods Incidental findings (IF) patients were matched to noninjured cancer controls on age group, sex, cancer site, stage, and year of diagnosis. Unadjusted covariates included race, insurance type, rural residence, and time from diagnosis to...