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Salud Pública de México
versión impresa ISSN 0036-3634
Resumen
ANGELES-LLERENAS, Angélica et al. Effect of care-delivery delay on the survival of Mexican women with breast cancer. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2016, vol.58, n.2, pp.237-250. ISSN 0036-3634.
Objective:
To estimate the effect of care-delivery delays on survival among women with breast cancer.
Materials and methods:
A retrospective analysis of 854 women attending 11 hospitals from 2007-2009 was carried out. Kaplan-Meier estimators and a Cox proportional-risk model were employed.
Results:
A total of 10.5% of cases were diagnosed in stage I. 82% of sampled women delayed care for more than 67 days between noticing a symptom and initiating treatment. The median time from receipt of results of the mammography to biopsy was 31 days (IQR 14-56). Compared with those who were in quartile I (Q1), survival was lower among those in Q3 and Q4 (HR=1.68, 95%CI 0.94-3.00; HR=1.76, 95% CI 1.04-2.98, respectively).
Conclusions:
To increase survival, it is suggested that the time between receipt of the mammography results and diagnostic biopsy be reduced.
Palabras llave : breast cancer; delay in health care; survival; Mexico.