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The wait time to primary surgery in endometrial cancer - impact on survival and predictive factors: a population-based SweGCG study.

Janusz MarcickiewiczElisabeth Åvall-LundqvistErik Carl Viktor HolmbergChrister BorgfeldtMaria BjurbergPernilla Dahm-KählerAngelique Flöter-RådestadKristina HellmanThomas HögbergPer RosenbergKarin StålbergPreben Kjølhede
Published in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2021)
Surgery within the first two weeks after EC diagnosis was associated with worsened survival. A prolonged wait time did not seem to have any significant adverse effect on prognosis.HighlightsSurgery within the first two weeks after diagnosis of endometrial cancer (EC) was associated with poorer survival.A prolonged wait time to surgery did not worsen prognosis.Delay in time to surgery was associated with sociodemographic factors.
Keyphrases
  • endometrial cancer
  • minimally invasive
  • coronary artery bypass
  • surgical site infection
  • coronary artery disease
  • gestational age