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Do diagnostic delays in cancer matter?

BACKGROUND: The United Kingdom has poorer cancer outcomes than many other countries due partly to delays in diagnosing symptomatic cancer, leading to more advanced stage at diagnosis. Delays can occur at the level of patients, primary care, systems and secondary care. There is considerable potential...

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Autor principal: Neal, R D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19956171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605384
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description BACKGROUND: The United Kingdom has poorer cancer outcomes than many other countries due partly to delays in diagnosing symptomatic cancer, leading to more advanced stage at diagnosis. Delays can occur at the level of patients, primary care, systems and secondary care. There is considerable potential for interventions to minimise delays and lead to earlier-stage diagnosis. METHODS: Scoping review of the published studies, with a focus on methodological issues. RESULTS: Trial data in this area are lacking and observational studies often show no association or negative ones. This review offers methodological explanations for these counter-intuitive findings. CONCLUSION: While diagnostic delays do matter, their importance is uncertain and must be determined through more sophisticated methods.
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spelling pubmed-27906962009-12-18 Do diagnostic delays in cancer matter? Neal, R D Br J Cancer Discussion Paper BACKGROUND: The United Kingdom has poorer cancer outcomes than many other countries due partly to delays in diagnosing symptomatic cancer, leading to more advanced stage at diagnosis. Delays can occur at the level of patients, primary care, systems and secondary care. There is considerable potential for interventions to minimise delays and lead to earlier-stage diagnosis. METHODS: Scoping review of the published studies, with a focus on methodological issues. RESULTS: Trial data in this area are lacking and observational studies often show no association or negative ones. This review offers methodological explanations for these counter-intuitive findings. CONCLUSION: While diagnostic delays do matter, their importance is uncertain and must be determined through more sophisticated methods. Nature Publishing Group 2009-12-03 2009-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2790696/ /pubmed/19956171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605384 Text en Copyright © 2009 Cancer Research UK https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material.If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19956171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605384
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