Impact of the Presenting Symptom on Time Intervals and Diagnostic Routes of Patients with Symptomatic Oral Cancer

• Published in: Cancers Vol. 13; no. 20; p. 5163
• Main Authors: Varela-Centelles, Pablo Ignacio, López, Daniel Pérez, López-Cedrún, José Luis, García-Rozado, Álvaro, Baz, Pablo Castelo, Romero-Méndez, Amparo, Seoane, Juan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 14.10.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Confidence intervals; Diagnosis; Generalized linear models; Health services; Hospitals; Medical diagnosis; Mortality; Oral cancer; Patients; Primary care; Questionnaires; Statistical analysis; Tumors; Variables

This investigation was aimed at determining the time intervals from the presenting symptoms until the beginning of oral cancer treatment and their relative contribution to the total time, and to assess the impact of the presenting symptom on diagnostic timelines and patient referral routes. A cross-...