Assessing Ethnic Inequalities in Diagnostic Interval of Common Cancers: A Population-Based UK Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigated ethnic differences in diagnostic interval (DI)-the period between initial primary care presentation and diagnosis.

Methods

We analysed the primary care-linked data of patients who reported features of seven cancers (breast, lung, prostate, colorectal, oesophagogastric, myeloma, and ovarian) one year before diagnosis. Accelerated failure time (AFT) models investigated the association between DI and ethnicity, adjusting for age, sex, deprivation, and morbidity.

Results

Of 126,627 eligible participants, 92.1% were White, 1.99% Black, 1.71% Asian, 1.83% Mixed, and 2.36% were of Other ethnic backgrounds. Considering all cancer sites combined, the median (interquartile range) DI was 55 (20-175) days, longest in lung [127, (42-265) days], a

SUBMITTER: Martins T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264889 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature