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 AlvarezPublished 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.