Background: It is unclear whether more timely cancer diagnosis brings favourable outcomes,
with much of the previous evidence, in some cancers, being equivocal. We set out to …

Surgery is essential for global cancer care in all resource settings. Of the 15· 2 million new
cases of cancer in 2015, over 80% of cases will need surgery, some several times. By 2030 …

Background A concern has been that health care reorganizations during the first COVID-19
wave have led to delays in elective surgeries, resulting in increased complications and even …

Cancer is one of the major non-communicable diseases posing a threat to world health.
Unfortunately, improvements in socioeconomic conditions are usually associated with …

Background Thousands of cancer surgeries were delayed during the peak of the COVID-19
pandemic. This study examines if surgical delays impact survival for breast, lung and colon …

Purpose To assess the impact of delay from diagnosis to curative surgery on survival in
patients with non-metastatic colon cancer. Methods National Cancer database (NCDB) …

Background Considering the relation between preoperative functional capacity and
postoperative complications, enhancing patients' functional capacity before surgery with a …

Background Gastric adenocarcinoma accounted for 6.8% of new cancer cases and 8.8% of
cancer deaths worldwide in 2012. Although resection is the cornerstone for cure, several …

Evidence is limited regarding the effect of diagnosis-to-treatment interval (DTI) on the
survival of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. In addition, previous studies on treatment delay …

The impact of timely treatment on breast cancer‐specific survival may differ by tumor stage.
We aim to study the impact of delayed first treatment on overall survival across different …