Clinical interval and diagnostic characteristics in a cohort of bladder cancer patients in Spain: a multicenter observational study.
Xavier BonfillMaría José Martinez-ZapataRobin W M VernooijMaría José SánchezMaría Morales Suárez-VarelaJavier De la CruzJosé Ignacio EmparanzaMontserrat FerrerJosé Ignacio PijoanJoan PalouStefanie SchmidtEva MadridVíctor AbrairaJavier Zamoranull nullPublished in: BMC research notes (2017)
314 patients with bladder cancer were included, 70.3 (Standard Deviation [SD] 11.2) years old and 85.0% male. Clinical stage was T1 in 45.9% of patients. The median interval time between first consultation and diagnosis was of 104.0 days (Inter quartile range [IQR]:112.0; range from 0 to 986), being shorter for those patients who attended a hospital for their first consultation. The median interval time between diagnosis and first treatment was of 0.0 days (IQR: 0.0; range from 0 to 366), being longer when the patient had a pathologic tumor stage ≥ T2a.