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Patient Delay in Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Two Hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan: Preventive and Life-Saving Measures Needed

PURPOSE: Patients with breast cancer in Pakistan commonly present with advanced disease. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the frequency and length of delays in seeking medical consultation and to assess the factors associated with them. METHODS: Four hundred ninety-nine patients with ne...

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Autores principales:	Shamsi, Uzma, Khan, Shaista, Azam, Iqbal, Usman, Shaheryar, Maqbool, Amir, Gill, Tiffany, Iqbal, Romaina, Callen, David
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	American Society of Clinical Oncology 2020
Materias:	Original Reports
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7328101/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32579484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/GO.20.00034

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