Effect of care-delivery delay on the survival of Mexican women with breast cancer

Effect of care-delivery delay on the survival of Mexican women with breast cancer

Objective. To estimate the effect of care-delivery delays on survival among women with breast cancer. Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of 854 women attending 11 hospitals from 2007-2009 was carried out. Kaplan-Meier estimators and a Cox proportional-risk model were employed. Results....

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Main Authors: Angélica Ángeles-Llerenas, Gabriela Torres-Mejía, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, Santos Uscanga-Sánchez, Fernando Mainero-Ratchelous, Juan Eugenio Hernández-Ávila, Evangelina Morales-Carmona, Mauricio Hernández-Ávila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2016-03-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
breast cancer
delay in health care
survival
Mexico
Online Access:http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7793

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