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Examining the association between delay in diagnosis and decreased survival in bladder cancer
Author(s) -
Porter Michael P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.25290
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , bladder cancer , association (psychology) , cancer , oncology , overall survival , philosophy , epistemology
Delays in diagnosis and definitive treatment are associated with poorer survival in observational studies of patients with bladder cancer. Quality of care may be as important as tumor biology in explaining this association.