Evaluating the Time Interval Between Symptoms Onset, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Intervention in Lung Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Delay in diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer is thought to be a major cause of its poor outcomes. We evaluated the delays within the presentation to the initiation of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions amongst lung cancer patients in Southern Iran.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2019 to March 2021. The data collected through interview included socio-demographic, medical and clinical findings, and the time intervals needed to visit physician, refer to specialist, request diagnostic procedures, reach diagnosis of lung cancer, and hospitalization.

Results

Eighty-nine patients (58 males and 31 females) with a mean age of 61.01 ± 12.25 years were included. The median time of symptom presentation and first physician v

SUBMITTER: Salehi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11488750 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature