Factors related to breast cancer detection mode and time to diagnosis in Alberta, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study
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- 作者：Yan Yuan ; Maoji Li ; Jing Yang ; Tracy Elliot ; Kelly Dabbs…
- 关键词：Breast cancer diagnosis ; Population study ; Diagnostic interval ; Administrative data
- 刊名：BMC Health Services Research
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1,142 KB
- 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Administration; Health Informatics; Nursing Management/Nursing Research;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1472-6963
文摘
Background Understanding the factors affecting the mode and timeliness of breast cancer diagnosis is important to optimizing patient experiences and outcomes. The purposes of the study were to identify factors related to the length of the diagnostic interval and assess how they vary by mode of diagnosis: screen or symptom detection.