Researchers at Ohio State University have found that women who don’t receive treatment until 60 days after being diagnosed with more advanced breast cancer are at a significantly higher risk of dying. In their study, in women whose cancer had spread to lymph nodes or distant sites, a delay of more than 60 days was linked with an 85% higher likelihood of breast cancer-related death, and a 66% higher likelihood of death overall, compared with women who were treated sooner. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, was an analysis of 1,786 low-income women enrolled in the North Carolina Medicaid system. Read more here.
Study mentioned: McLaughlin JM, et al. Effect on survival of longer intervals between confirmed diagnosis and treatment initiation among low-income women with breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Dec 20;30(36):4493-500. PMID: 23169521
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