Delays in the diagnosis and initial treatment of bladder cancer in Western Australia

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 120; no. S3; pp. 28 - 34
• Main Authors: McCombie, Steve P., Bangash, Haider K., Kuan, Melvyn, Thyer, Isaac, Lee, Fran, Hayne, Dickon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anxiety; Bladder cancer; Cancer; Delayed Diagnosis - statistics & numerical data; Diagnosis; Female; General Practitioners; haematuria; Hematuria; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; public health; Referral and Consultation; Retrospective Studies; Surgery; Time-to-Treatment - statistics & numerical data; Tumors; Urinary bladder; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - diagnosis; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - epidemiology; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - surgery; Western Australia - epidemiology; haematuria; referral and consultation; public health; general practitioners

Objectives To quantify and examine the causes of delays in the diagnosis and initial treatment of patients with bladder cancer in Western Australia. Subjects and Methods All attendances at a one‐stop haematuria clinic at a public tertiary‐level hospital in Western Australia between May 2008 and Apri...