Time from (clinical or certainty) diagnosis to treatment onset in cancer patients: the choice of diagnostic date strongly influences differences in therapeutic delay by tumor site and stage
Authors:
- Francesc MaciàFMFrancesc Macià
- José PumaregaJPJosé Pumarega
- Manuel GallénMGManuel Gallén
- Miquel PortaMPMiquel Porta
- 1 August 2013
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Vol. 66 (8) , 928-939
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Funding Information
- Catalan Health System (CATSALUT ST-391/03)
- Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research (AATRM-GENDECAT 087/18/2004)
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