Delay from Onset of Symptoms to Reporting at a Cancer Care Facility and the Impact of Alternate Medicine Usage as a Contributing Factor.

ABSTRACT: Cancer patients often present after a period of certain delay from onset of symptoms. By tradition, alternate medicine has been the commonly sought after remedy for them. The objective of this study was to evaluate the delay in presentation to a cancer care facility, with respect to advanced stage at diagnosis and the use of alternate medicine. A cross-sectional study was undertaken in a tertiary care hospital from eastern India over 5 months where patients with cytological or histological proof of malignancy were interviewed using a pretested questionnaire. Comparative analysis was done with cross tables along with Kruskal-Wallis test for association between delay and the independent variables (demographic parameters and alternate medicine usage). Predictors for delay were assessed with l

SUBMITTER: Seenu V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11925617 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature