Time to Treatment Initiation of Lung, Breast, Colorectal, and Prostate Cancers and Contributing Factors From 2015 to 2020 Utilizing Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program Database
Health disparities still exist today, and this becomes more evident in our study as age, sex, and race, among other factors, can cause delays in time from diagnosis of cancer to treatment initiation, potentially negatively affecting survival in these populations.
Authors
- José Iglesias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7851-0498)
- Song Peng Ang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8557-9880)
- Mariela Di Vanna
- Shreya Shambhavi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9775-5919)
- Murod Khikmatov
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Community Medical Center (US)
- Jersey Shore University Medical Center (US)
- Rowan University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Oncology
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14740/wjon2519
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.26