Elapsed time from breast cancer detection to first adjuvant therapy in a Canadian province, 1999-2000
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- 16 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 170 (6) , 957-961
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1020972
Abstract
Background: A number of studies have examined time intervals between care steps in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. The objective of this study was to document the elapsed time from first clinical or mammographic detection of breast abnormality to initiation of first adjuvant therapy in women with invasive breast cancer in Nova Scotia and to examine the effect of age, disease stage and place of residence on these intervals.Keywords
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