Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We performed a cohort study in seven hospitals in Spain to determine the clinical characteristics of incident patients with bladder cancer, the diagnostic process, and the conditions that might affect health care interval times.
RESULTS: 314 patients with bladder cancer were included, 70.3 (Standard Deviation [SD] 11.2) years old and 85.0% male. Clinical stage was T1 in 45.9% of patients. The median interval time between first consultation and diagnosis was of 104.0 days (Inter quartile range [IQR]:112.0; range from 0 to 986), being shorter for those patients who attended a hospital for their first consultation. The median interval time between diagnosis and first treatment was of 0.0 days (IQR: 0.0; range from 0 to 366), being longer when the patient had a pathologic tumor stage ≥ T2a.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 708 |
Pages (from-to) | 708 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | BMC Research Notes |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Dec 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to thank Andrea Cervera Alepuz and Montserrat León for the English review and editing of the manuscript. Dr. Mª José Martinez Zapata is funded by a Miguel Servet research contract from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CP15/00116). The researchers listed are considered as authors of the EMPARO study group.
Keywords
- Diagnostic techniques and procedures
- Neoplasm staging
- Observational study
- Time factors
- Urinary bladder neoplasm
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology