Breast Cancer Diagnostic Delays Among Young Mexican Women Are Associated With a Lack of Suspicion by Health Care Providers at First Presentation | Zendy

Karla UngerSaldaña | Zendy; Kenneth Fitch-Picos | Zendy; Cynthia VillarrealGarza | Zendy

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Breast Cancer Diagnostic Delays Among Young Mexican Women Are Associated With a Lack of Suspicion by Health Care Providers at First Presentation

Author(s) -

Karla UngerSaldaña,

Kenneth Fitch-Picos,

Cynthia VillarrealGarza

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of global oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 2378-9506

DOI - 10.1200/jgo.19.00093

Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , logistic regression , family medicine , specialty , health care , young adult , cancer , public health , pediatrics , gerontology , nursing , economic growth , economics

There is insufficient evidence in the literature regarding the association between young age and diagnostic delay of breast cancer (BC). This study aimed to determine whether young age increases the risk of diagnostic delays among patients with BC and also to identify the mechanisms through which young age affects diagnostic delay.

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