Journal article
Predictors of diagnostic interval and associations with outcome in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little is known about diagnostic interval lengths in childhood cancer, their predictors or impact upon survival. To date, studies have relied on questionnaires or chart abstraction. We aimed to construct and validate a diagnostic interval measure using health services data among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in order to determine predictors of prolonged intervals and associations with event-free survival (EFS).
Authors
Gupta S; Gibson P; Pole JD; Sutradhar R; Sung L; Guttmann A
Journal
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Vol. 62, No. 6, pp. 957–963
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
6 2015
DOI
10.1002/pbc.25402
ISSN
1545-5009