Timeliness of Breast Cancer Treatment in Delaware
| Autor: | James Spellman, Marjorie Shannon, Lisa Henry, Stephanie H. Belinske |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Breast Neoplasms Article Time-to-Treatment Breast cancer Internal medicine medicine Humans Registries Early Detection of Cancer Aged Neoplasm Staging Aged 80 and over business.industry Health Policy Mortality rate Data Collection Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Models Theoretical medicine.disease Delaware Disease control Cancer registry Data Accuracy Cervical cancer early detection Female business |
| Zdroj: | Delaware Journal of Public Health |
| ISSN: | 2639-6378 |
| Popis: | Studies have shown timely screening, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer reduces mortality rates. The objective of this study was to evaluate the overall timeliness of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment for Delawarean women using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP)'s recommendations of 60 days maximum for screening to diagnosis and 60 days maximum for diagnosis to treatment. This study analyzed Delaware Cancer Registry data for female Delawarean breast cancer patients diagnosed in 2010 who had valid screening, diagnosis, and treatment dates. Calculations of 3 time intervals were performed: screening to diagnosis (time interval A), diagnosis to treatment (time interval B), and screening to treatment (time interval C). The mean and median for time intervals A (21.2 days, 17.0 days), B (27.8 days, 25.0 days), and C (49.0 days, 42.0 days) met CDC recommendations. Our results show most Delawarean women who had valid screening, diagnosis, and treatment dates received a diagnosis within 60 days of screening and first course of treatment occurred within 60 days of diagnosis and therefore met the NBCCEDP recommendations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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