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Time to diagnosis among young patients with cancer.

Lena E WinestoneJennifer J WilkesDiane PuccettiTheresa H M KeeganHenry J HenkJeffrey McPheetersJustine M KahnJill GinsbergSamantha WongSage TimberlineMarcio MalogolowkinBrad H PollockElysia M Alvarez
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2024)
In a commercially insured population, time to diagnosis varies by cancer type, age, and sex. Further work is needed to understand the patient, provider, and health system-level factors contributing to time from symptom onset to diagnosis, specifically in the very young children and the young adult patient population going forward.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • case report
  • primary care
  • childhood cancer