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Warning Sounded Over Waits For Cancer Treatment In Quebec.(breast cancer treatment time frames evaluated)
2001 APR 26 - (NewsRx Network) -- Although there is currently no agreement on what the optimal time to treatment should be, practice guidelines for breast cancer emphasize that the work-up of a lump in the breast should be completed as soon as possible after detection.
To assess the time interval from diagnosis to surgery, Dr. Nancy Mayo and colleagues examined physician fee-for-service claims and hospital admissions for all Quebec, Canada, women who underwent an invasive procedure for the diagnosis or treatment of breast cancer between 1993 and 1998.
The authors found a significant increase over the six-year period in waiting time between initial diagnosis and first surgery. The number of episodes of breast cancer surgery rose from 3,626 in 1992 to 5,162 in 1998, and the median waiting time rose from 29 days to 42 days, respectively. The proportion of ...
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