Impact of Treatment Delay on the Prognosis of Patients with Ovarian Cancer: A Population-based Study Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database
Jing Zhao, Ruiying Chen, Yanli Zhang, Yu Wang, Haiyan Zhu
Abstract
Patients with delayed treatment had poorer OS and CSS. The patient's waiting time from diagnosis to initial treatment should be within 1 month.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineHazard ratioConfidence intervalEpidemiologyInternal medicineProportional hazards modelOvarian cancerSurveillance, Epidemiology, and End ResultsCancerPopulationRetrospective cohort studyOncologyGynecologyCancer registryEnvironmental healthOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment