THE ACCESS RATE TO DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT MODALITIES IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN TURKEY; MULTICENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY


SAİP P. M., Keskin S., ÖZKAN M., Kaplan M. A., Aydogan F., Demirağ G., ...More

JOURNAL OF BREAST HEALTH, vol.7, no.2, pp.109-117, 2011 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF BREAST HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.109-117
  • Keywords: breast cancer, elapsed time to diagnosis and treatment, socio demographic factors, 1ST ADJUVANT THERAPY, WAITING TIME, CHEMOTHERAPY, SURVIVAL, DELAY
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: We aimed to determine the elapsed time between the first notification of the disease and the accession to the diagnosis and treatment modalities and its associated factors in female patients with breast cancer in Turkey.