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Breast Cancer
Multidisciplinary approach to care might reduce time between diagnosis, therapy
April 6th, 2004
A study from Canada on the elapsed time from breast cancer detection to first adjuvant therapy may help minimize intervals between steps in disease treatment. Daniel Rayson, MD, Division of Medical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia; and colleagues analyzed 364 patients diagnosed with breast cancer between September 1, 1999, and September 1, 2000. The median elapsed time between initial detection of breast cancer to start of first adjuvant therapy was 91 days, with 25% of patients experiencing a median interval of 123 days. Patients with stage I disease experienced longer intervals than did those with more...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-04-06)
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