Time to Treatment Initiation of Lung, Breast, Colorectal, and Prostate Cancers and Contributing Factors From 2015 to 2020 Utilizing Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the study was to identify the factors that cause delays in treatment initiation, such as race, gender, education, income status, and associated health comorbidities, as these can increase mortality.

Methods

We utilized the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to identify contributing factors such as sociodemographics that impact time from diagnosis to treatment initiation (TTI) in lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer (CRC) and prostate cancer from 2015 to 2020 in 991,772 patients. Variables studied included age, sex, race, marital status, geographic location, household income, stage, and grade. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was utilized to determine if significant differences existed between the effects on TTI with

SUBMITTER: Di Vanna M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11954607 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature