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Note: excerpts below, the tables included in the paper provide interesting information including patients with borderline tumours, 24% of patients in this study had a prior hysterectomy etc...
Objective:
To describe the diagnostic pathways experienced by a large,
representative group of Australian women with ovarian cancer, and to
document the time between first presentation to a medical professional
and clinical diagnosis.
Conclusions:
Despite anecdotal suggestions to the contrary, most women with ovarian
cancer in Australia are investigated and diagnosed promptly. The
diagnostic process is more protracted for a minority of women, and the
factors we found to be associated with diagnostic delay warrant further
investigation.
"........The numbers of symptoms reported, doctors seen and total doctor visits were all highly skewed. These variables were therefore summarised....."
"........The numbers of symptoms reported, doctors seen and total doctor visits were all highly skewed. These variables were therefore summarised....."
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