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Impact of wait times on survival of women with uterine cancer.

Abstract

5586 Background: Reducing cancer wait times have been a priority investment for Cancer Care Ontario since 2005. Our objective was to determine whether wait time from histologic diagnosis of uterine cancer to time of definitive surgery by hysterectomy impacted on all cause survival. Methods: Cases were identified in the Ontario Cancer Registry using ICD-09 codes 179 and 182. Excluded were women without histologic/cytologic …

Authors

Elit L; O'Leary E; Seow H; Pond GR

Journal

Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 31, No. 15_suppl, pp. 5586–5586

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Publication Date

May 20, 2013

DOI

10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.5586

ISSN

0732-183X