Timeliness of breast cancer diagnosis and initiation of treatment in the national breast and cervical cancer early detection program, 1996-2005

L.C. Richardson, J. Royalty, W. Howe, W. Helsel, W. Kammerer and V.B. Benard

American Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 100, issue 9, 1769-1776

Abstract: To determine the effects of program policy changes, we examined service delivery benchmarks for breast cancer screening in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). Methods. We analyzed NBCCEDP data for women with abnormal mammogram or clinical breast examination (n=382416)from which 23701 cancers were diagnosed. We examined time to diagnosis and treatment for 2 time periods: 1996 to 2000 and 2001 to 2005. We compared median time for diagnostic, treatment initiation, and total intervals with the Kruskal-Wallis test. We calculated adjusted proportions (predicted marginals) with logistic regression to examine diagnosis and treatment within program benchmarks (≤60 days) and time from screening to treatment (≤120 days). Results. Median diagnostic intervals decreased by 2 days (25 vs 23; P

Date: 2010
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