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. 2009 May;17(5):595-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00520-008-0513-2. Epub 2008 Oct 8.

Prognostic implications of emergency admission and delays in patients with breast cancer

Maximino Redondo  1 , Isabel Rodrigo, Teresa Pereda, Rafael Funez, Mercedes Acebal, Emilio Perea-Milla, Eugenio Jimenez
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Prognostic implications of emergency admission and delays in patients with breast cancer

Maximino Redondo et al. Support Care Cancer. 2009 May.

Abstract

Introduction: This study evaluates clinical-pathological characteristics and survival rates associated with emergency admission and delays in diagnosis and treatment of 411 consecutive breast cancer patients.

Materials and methods: Emergency admission and first symptom-first hospital visit delay were significantly associated with advanced tumor stages but only in the former case with short disease-free survival (RR 2.5, CI 95% 1.5-4.2).

Results: Brief diagnostic delays were significantly associated with advanced disease stage and poor survival rates (RR 2.04; CI 95% 1.08-3.82) probably because sicker patients receive prompt medical attention.

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