PMID: 22331719Feb 15, 2012Paper

The access rate to diagnosis and treatment modalities in breast cancer patients in Turkey; multicenter observational study

Journal of B.U.ON. : Official Journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology
P SaipI Cicin

Abstract

To determine the time elapsed between the first notification of the disease and the access to the diagnosis and treatment modalities and the associated factors in female patients with breast cancer in Turkey. Data was acquired from a questionnaire involving 535 patients who applied to 14 various oncology clinics in Turkey between 1st and 28th of February 2010. Analyses were performed by the participating clinics and were divided into 3 groups: centers located in metropolitan areas formed group 1 (n=161), those located in Marmara and central Anatolia region formed group 2 (n=189), and centers located in Karadeniz and East-Southeast Anatolia region formed group 3 (n=185). The groups of these centers were formed according to the socioeconomic development of the provinces. The median patient age was 48 years, 56.1% of patients were less than 50 years of age. Eighty-five percent of the patients detected a mass in their breast by self examination and 27% of the patients older than 50 years never had breast imaging until the definite diagnosis was established. The median time elapsed between disease noticed by the patient and application to a health care center was 10 days, between application and biopsy 19 days, between biopsy and su...Continue Reading

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