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Clinical interval and diagnostic characteristics in a cohort of bladder cancer patients in Spain : a multicenter observational study

Maria José Martinez-zapataVíctor AbrairaRobin W.m. VernooijMaría Morales Suárez-varelaMaría José SánchezJose Ignacio PijoanStefanie SchmidtJoan PalouJavier ZamoraMontserrat FerrerEva MadridEva MadridJose I. EmparanzaXavier BonfillXavier BonfillJavier De La Cruz

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Malemedicine.medical_specialty030232 urology & nephrologylcsh:MedicineGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyCohort Studies03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInterquartile rangeInternal medicineObservational studyTumor stageHealth careDiagnostic techniques and proceduresmedicineUrinary bladder neoplasmHumansStage (cooking)lcsh:Science (General)lcsh:QH301-705.5AgedAged 80 and overBladder cancerbusiness.industryTime factorslcsh:RGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseResearch Notelcsh:Biology (General)Urinary Bladder NeoplasmsSpain030220 oncology & carcinogenesisCohortNeoplasm stagingObservational studyFemaleBufeta -- CàncerbusinessCohort studylcsh:Q1-390

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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. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-017-3024-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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2017-12-01
https://ddd.uab.cat/record/186392