This critical review of the literature assembles and compares available data on breast
cancer clinical stage, time intervals to care, and access barriers in different countries. It …

Background Surgery for cancer is often delayed due to variety of patient-, provider-, and
health system–related factors. However, impact of delayed surgery is not clear, and may …

Background: Long surgical waiting lists are common and receive serious consideration. To
evaluate the positive and negative effects of waiting lists, insight into the consequences of …

Lymphadenopathy is common, affecting patients of all ages. The current referral pattern for
investigating patients with lymphadenopathy varies widely with no universally practised …

Purpose: Delaying the diagnosis and initiation of treatment of cancer is likely to result in
tumor progression and a worse prognosis. We examined sources and consequences of …

Background: There is evidence that delays in treatment result in increased psychosocial
morbidity for patients diagnosed with cancer. We evaluated waiting times for care among …

ANGELES-LLERENAS, Angélica et al. Effect of care-delivery delay on the survival of
Mexican women with breast cancer. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2016, vol. 58, n. 2, pp. 237 …

Background There has been minimal research on the influence of delays for cancer
treatments on patient outcomes. We measured the influence of delays to nonemergent colon …

Waiting times are key indicators of a health's system performance, but are not routinely
available in France. We studied waiting times for diagnosis and treatment according to …

Objetivo. Establecer la demora en la atención de cáncer de mama. Material y métodos. En 1
106 mujeres que recibían tratamiento por cáncer de mama en Bogotá, se establecieron …