Diagnostic delay for head and neck cancer in South India: A Mixed-methods Study.

Sivaraman GanesanSivanesan SivagnanganesanMahalakshmy ThulasingamGunaseelan KarunanithiKalaiarasi RSurya RavichandranSunil Kumar SaxenaKarthikeyan Ramasamy

Published in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP (2020)

The diagnostic delay was considerable. Measures to enhance symptom appraisal by improving health literacy, opportunistic screening, and strengthening the referral system would decrease diagnostic delay.

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