It may seem logical that waiting time in cancer treatment is related to the patient's ability to survive the disease. However, studies have previously shown that there is no correlation. A new study from CaP now concludes that waiting times in cancer treatments worsen the prognosis.
2017.10.09 | Marlene Lauridsen
The results from the new study show that longer diagnostic waiting time is associated with a more severe cancer stage. In addition, the study cannot define a specific 'safe' waiting time as the length of the time from the frist presentation of symptom to treatment appearts to have a negative impact from day 1.
Read the article on PubMed.
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