Background Even small delays in the treatment of breast cancer are a frequently expressed
concern of patients. Knowledge about this subject is important for clinicians to counsel …

Background Time interval from diagnosis of breast cancer to treatment has been
promulgated as one factor that can be used to evaluate cancer care quality. It remains …

Background Timeliness of care is emerging as a quality indicator for breast cancer care. We
sought to evaluate the impact of surgical treatment type on time to adjuvant chemotherapy …

Background To optimize breast cancer care, several organizations have crafted guidelines
to define best practices for treating breast cancer. In addition to recommended …

Importance Time to surgery (TTS) is of concern to patients and clinicians, but controversy
surrounds its effect on breast cancer survival. There remains little national data evaluating …

Purpose Although no specific delay threshold after diagnosis of breast cancer has been
demonstrated to affect outcome, delays can cause anxiety, and surgical waiting time has …

Background Most patients with breast cancer are detected after symptoms occur rather than
through screening. The impact on survival of delays between the onset of symptoms and the …

Background Few large-scale multicenter studies have examined wait times for breast
surgery and no benchmarks exist. Methods Using the National Cancer Data Base, we …

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Purpose To determine the interval from breast-conserving surgery (BCS) to radiation therapy
(RT) that affects local control or survival. Patients and Methods The 10-year Kaplan-Meier …