Sentence examples for cancer delay from inspiring English sources

In the context of conditions such as ovarian cancer, delay by patients accounts for most of the delay experienced.

This study has found that a high proportion of patients aged <30 years with symptomatic cervical cancer delay presentation.

An early model of cancer delay, the Anderson model, attributed the majority of delay to patient factors (Andersen et al, 1995).

Further research into first-symptom presentation and concordance between patients and primary and hospital clinical records would give further insights into methodological issues in cancer delay studies.

The conceptual and operational definitions of the time intervals agree with the majority of studies of breast cancer delay and recent recommendations of a consensus [ 38].

In the developed world, 17 35% of women with breast cancer delay presenting for >3 months, and 9 20% delay >6 months (Westcombe et al, 1999; Arndt, 2002).

More Britons die of cancer delays than in insurance-based health services.

This was in response to the greater use of active surveillance, in which men diagnosed with lower-risk prostate cancer delayed treatment and thus avoided side effects.

Bourassa, who had been diagnosed with skin cancer, delayed medical treatment during the 78-day crisis, which ended peacefully.

A growing number of the pests harbor the West Nile virus, officials say, but some residents and environmental health advocates fear the risks of exposure to man-made chemicals -- cancer, delayed brain development, hormone disruption, respiratory problems -- may outweigh the danger of the disease.

There is no validated tool for determining cancer delays [ 10].