Shorter specialist time intervals are associated with advanced stage on symptomatic oral cancer.
J SeoaneA Otero-RicoJ L López-CedrúnPablo Ignacio Varela-CentellesPublished in: Oral diseases (2018)
Specialist time interval is a short time interval in oral cancer diagnosis, imposing a limited time burden in the context of the whole interval until diagnosis. However, there seems to be room for improvement and a possible target for future interventions to shorten STI particularly for patients at early stages after their disease has been disclosed.