Patient characteristics and cancer prevalence in the Danish cancer patient pathway for patients with serious non-specific symptoms and signs of cancer-A nationwide, population-based cohort study.

•We describe patient characteristics and prevalence of cancer in the Danish Cancer Patient Pathway for patients with non-specific symptoms and signs of cancer (NSSC-CPP).•The study is based on data from the Danish national registers.•In total, 11% of the patients were diagnosed with cancer after completing diagnostic evaluations in the NSSC-CPP.•The most common cancer diagnoses breast cancer, hematopoietic and lymphoid tissue cancer, and malignant melanoma.•A small proportion of patients receiving a non-cancer diagnosis in the NSSC-CPP were diagnosed with cancer in the six months following their NSSC-CPP course.