Objective To quantify the association of cancer treatment delay and mortality for each four
week increase in delay to inform cancer treatment pathways. Design Systematic review and …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted cancer care, raising concerns
regarding the impact of wait time, or 'lag time', on clinical outcomes. We aimed to …

Recently, new emphasis was put on reducing waiting times in mental health services as
there is an ongoing concern that longer waiting time for treatment leads to poorer health …

Background The Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) established a series of resource‐
stratified, evidence‐based guidelines to address breast cancer control in the context of …

Introduction Quality care in breast cancer is higher if patients are treated in a Breast Center
with a dedicated and specialized multidisciplinary team. Quality control is an essential …

Purpose: To develop a deep learning model capable of producing clinically acceptable dose
distributions for left-sided breast cancers for 3D-CRT while exploring the use of two …

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women worldwide, and is a
leading cause of cancer-related deaths. When diagnosed at an early stage, appropriate and …

Purpose Delays in adjuvant breast cancer (BC) therapy have been shown to worsen
outcomes. However, thus far studies have only evaluated delays to initial treatment, or a …

Background: The Dutch guidelines advise to start radiation therapy (RT) within 5 weeks
following breast-conserving surgery (BCS). However, much controversy exists regarding …

Radiation therapy (RT) is an important component of breast cancer treatment that reduces
local recurrence and improves survival after breast conservation. Breast conservation rates …