title: [An analysis of the visits of breast cancer patients for medical care].
abstract: One-hundred and three breast cancer patients were questioned. As few as 35% of them had been regularly checked-up. 52% of patients took medical advice immediately after tumor detection. In 25% of patients, the period between the first examination and referral to a hospital was longer than 1 month whereas 59.2% of patients waited for 1 month to be hospitalized. Inadequate and prolonged examination and malpractice accounted for delayed diagnosis of breast cancer in 64.2%.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlov
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Sagaĭdak
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D016504:Breast Self-Examination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009031:Moscow / Q000453:epidemiology; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Analiz obrashchaemosti bol'nykh rakom molochnoĭ zhelezy za meditsinskoĭ pomoshch'iu.