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

Richard D Neal | Zendy; Puvan Tharmanathan | Zendy; B France | Zendy; N Din | Zendy; S Cotton | Zendy; Julia FallonFerguson | Zendy; William Hamilton | Zendy; Annie Hendry | Zendy; Maggie Hendry | Zendy; Ruth Lewis | Zendy; Una Macleod | Zendy; Elizabeth Mitchell | Zendy; Mary Pickett | Zendy; Teena Rai | Zendy; Katie Shaw | Zendy; N Stuart | Zendy; Marie Louise Tørring | Zendy; Clare Wilkinson | Zendy; Briony Williams | Zendy; Nia Williams | Zendy; Jon Emery | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Richard D Neal,

Puvan Tharmanathan,

B France,

N Din,

S Cotton,

Julia FallonFerguson,

William Hamilton,

Annie Hendry,

Maggie Hendry,

Ruth Lewis,

Una Macleod,

Elizabeth Mitchell,

Mary Pickett,

Teena Rai,

Katie Shaw,

N Stuart,

Marie Louise Tørring,

Clare Wilkinson,

Briony Williams,

Nia Williams,

Jon Emery

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

british journal of cancer

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.833

H-Index - 236

eISSN - 1532-1827

pISSN - 0007-0920

DOI - 10.1038/bjc.2015.48

Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , breast cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , medline , stage (stratigraphy) , colorectal cancer , intensive care medicine , oncology , nursing , political science , law , paleontology , biology

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 symptomatic presentations.

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