Diagnostic timeliness of cancer in adolescents and young adults
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Diagnostic timeliness in adolescents and young adults with cancer: a cross-sectional analysis of the BRIGHTLIGHT cohort
Background Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) are thought to experience prolonged intervals to cancer diagnosis, but evidence quantifying this hypothesis and identifying high-risk patient subgroups is insufficient. We aimed to investigate diagnostic timeliness in a cohort of AYAs with incident cancers and to identify factors associated with variation in timeliness. Methods We did a cross-sec...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2352-4642
DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(18)30027-0