[HTML][HTML] Challenges in the early diagnosis of oral cancer, evidence gaps and strategies for improvement: a scoping review of systematic reviews

MÁ González-Moles, M Aguilar-Ruiz, P Ramos-García - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Oral cancer presents a worldwide incidence of 377,713 new cases and
177,757 deaths per year (GLOBOCAN, IARC, WHO). Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) …

[HTML][HTML] Early diagnosis of oral cancer: A complex polyhedral problem with a difficult solution

I González-Ruiz, P Ramos-García, I Ruiz-Ávila… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Oral and oropharyngeal cancers account for a worldwide incidence of
377,713 and 98,412 new cases annually and 177,757 and 48,143 deaths per year …

[HTML][HTML] Time intervals from first symptom to treatment of cancer: a cohort study of 2,212 newly diagnosed cancer patients

RP Hansen, P Vedsted, I Sokolowski… - BMC health services …, 2011 - Springer
Background Delay in diagnosis of cancer may worsen prognosis. The aim of this study is to
explore patient-, general practitioner (GP)-and system-related delay in the interval from first …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis delay in Libyan female breast cancer

E Ermiah, F Abdalla, A Buhmeida, E Larbesh… - BMC research …, 2012 - Springer
Aims To study the diagnosis delay and its impact on stage of disease among women with
breast cancer on Libya. Methods 200 women, aged 22 to 75 years with breast cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic delay in oral squamous cell carcinoma: the role of cognitive and psychological variables

V Panzarella, G Pizzo, F Calvino, D Compilato… - International journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
This retrospective study investigated, in two cohorts of subjects living in Southern Italy and
awaiting treatment for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), the variables related to …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis delay of breast cancer and its associated factors in Malaysian women

B Norsa'adah, KG Rampal, MA Rahmah, NN Naing… - BMC cancer, 2011 - Springer
Background Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality among women in
Malaysia. Delayed diagnosis is preventable and has major effects on patients' prognosis …

Understanding pathways to breast cancer diagnosis among women in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: a qualitative study

J Moodley, L Cairncross, T Naiker, M Momberg - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to explore and understand women's pathways to breast
cancer diagnosis and factors influencing this journey. Design and setting Indepth interviews …

Breast cancer delay: a grounded model of help-seeking behaviour

K Unger-Saldaña, CB Infante-Castañeda - Social science & medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
The conventional definition and classifications of breast cancer delay are based on arbitrary
empirical time cut-offs. In general, studies of cancer delay are based on these traditional …

Patient delay in presentation of possible cancer symptoms: the contribution of knowledge and attitudes in a population sample from the United Kingdom

AE Simon, J Waller, K Robb, J Wardle - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & …, 2010 - AACR
Background: Qualitative studies implicate knowledge of cancer symptoms and attitudes
towards help-seeking as important factors in patient delay. The present study uses …

Factors associated with delayed diagnosis of breast cancer in northeast Thailand

A Poum, S Promthet, SW Duffy, DM Parkin - Journal of epidemiology, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: We identified factors associated with delayed first consultation for breast
symptoms (patient delay), delayed diagnosis after first consultation (doctor delay), and …