Despite the policy and research attention on ensuring equitable access—equal access for
equal need—to health care, research continues to identify inequities in access to cancer …

Background Although white women have the highest incidence of breast cancer, African
American, followed by Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Asian American or …

Most breast cancer patients in sub‐Saharan Africa are diagnosed at advanced stages after
prolonged symptomatic periods. In the multicountry African Breast Cancer‐Disparities in …

Despite an increasing focus on patient safety in ambulatory care, progress in understanding
and reducing diagnostic errors in this setting lag behind many other safety concerns such as …

Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the value in measuring specific time
intervals across cancer sites to identify potentially important variation in the timeliness of …

Background Longer times from diagnosis to breast cancer treatment are associated with
poorer prognosis. This study examined factors associated with wait times by phase in the …

Background The diagnostic phase of care is an anxiety-provoking and stressful experience
for the potential breast cancer patient. A multidisciplinary team of breast cancer specialists …

Measurement of care time intervals is complex, being influenced by many factors. The
definition of the care interval monitored can also bias the detection of changes in waits. The …

Over the last decade clinical trials have established the effectiveness of adjuvant
chemotherapy in eradicating micrometastases in many different cancers, including breast …

Purpose: To study the wait times for cancer patients from the time of diagnosis to
consultation with a radiation oncologist (T1), from consultation to radiotherapy (T2) and from …