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The wait time creep: Changes in the surgical wait time for women with uterine cancer in Ontario, Canada, during 2000–2009

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Uterine cancer is a major cancer of women, with outcomes potentially worsening with delayed diagnosis or hysterectomy, the main treatment. Yet cancer surgery wait times are not reported by cancer site. This study sought to examine changes in wait times for uterine cancer surgery between 2000 and 2009 and to identify predictors of longer surgery wait times. METHODS: Population-based retrospective analysis of a cohort of uterine cancer …

Authors

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

Journal

Gynecologic Oncology, Vol. 131, No. 1, pp. 151–157

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

October 2013

DOI

10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.06.036

ISSN

0090-8258