Is increased time to diagnosis and treatment in symptomatic cancer associated with poorer outcomes? Systematic review

Background: It is unclear whether more timely cancer diagnosis brings favourable outcomes, with much of the previous evidence, in some cancers, being equivocal. We set out to determine whether there is an association between time to diagnosis, treatment and clinical outcomes, across all cancers for...

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Published in:	British journal of cancer Vol. 112; no. Suppl 1; pp. S92 - S107
Main Authors:	Neal, R D, Tharmanathan, P, France, B, Din, N U, Cotton, S, Fallon-Ferguson, J, Hamilton, W, Hendry, A, Hendry, M, Lewis, R, Macleod, U, Mitchell, E D, Pickett, M, Rai, T, Shaw, K, Stuart, N, Tørring, M L, Wilkinson, C, Williams, B, Williams, N, Emery, J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.03.2015 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/308/409 692/699/67/1059 692/700/139 Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cancer Research Delayed Diagnosis - statistics & numerical data Drug Resistance Epidemiology full-paper Humans Molecular Medicine Neoplasms - diagnosis Neoplasms - therapy Oncology Prognosis Time-to-Treatment - statistics & numerical data diagnosis stage systematic review delays survival
ISSN:	0007-0920, 1532-1827, 1532-1827
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