Delayed Breast Cancer Care Raises Mortality Risk

TOPLINE: Patient-attributable delays exceeding 90 days in breast cancer care were associated with a more than threefold higher risk for 2-year mortality. Living alone emerged as the only independent predictor of prolonged patient-attributable delay (PPAD), increasing the risk for delay by 88.2%. METHODOLOGY: This multicentre prospective cohort study included 543 symptomatic patients with breast cancer …