title: Analysis of survival and recurrence vs. patient and doctor delay in treatment of breast cancer.
abstract: Two hundred thirty-seven patients with cancer of the breast treated with radical mastectomy were reviewed. Coefficients of correlation between patient's and doctor's delay vs. survival were not significant at p smaller than 0.05. No significant relationship between delay and time of recurrence was found.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013997:Time Factors