title: [Analysis of the delay in surgical treatment of adenocarcinoma of the prostate].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The prostate cancer is an important cause of men's mortality in our society.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To know the time of delay in to realise the surgical treatment of the prostate cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of 30 cases of patients treated with radical prostatectomy, cuantifying the time of delay in all the periods of the process.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Appointment in general practitioner-first appointment in urology: 21.7 days. First appointment in urology-biopsy: 22.8. Biopsy-diagnosis: 34.3. Diagnosis-appointment of anesthesiology: 28.5. Anesthesiology-radical prostatectomy: 25.7.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are actions for to reduce the delay in to perform the diagnosis or treatment, where we can act how an improvement plan: to give poblational education in general and information to the patient in particular, to analyze the rules of medical action, to improve the coordination between level, to improve the flexibility in outpatients appointment and time waiting for diagnosis test and treatment, to correct the temporality, to create clinical units of many specialties and to improve the politics of health.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Costal del Sol, Marbella, Málaga.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Caballero Alcántara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marchal Escalona
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Penit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Padilla León
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D001706:Biopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain; D013997:Time Factors