Shorter Time to Surgery Improves Survival in Breast Cancer Patients

• Autores: Karen Rosenberg
• Localización: American Journal of Nursing, ISSN 0002-936X, Vol. 116, Nº. 3, 2016, págs. 58-58
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • According to these studies:

    * In patients with early-stage breast cancer, increasingly longer intervals between diagnosis and surgery were associated with slightly lower rates of both overall survival and disease-specific survival.

    * In breast cancer patients, a longer interval between surgery and the initiation of chemotherapy increased the rates of overall survival and disease-specific survival.