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Laryngeal cancer patients: Analysis of patient delay at different tumor stages by Xavier D. R. Brouha; Debbie M. Tromp; J. Rob J. de Leeuw; Gert-Jan Hordijk; Jacques A. M. Winnubst is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Background. The aim of this study was to determine the length of stages (appraisal, illness, behavioral, and scheduling) of patient delay in patients with head and neck cancer and to find out whether these delays were related to the stage of the disease at diagnosis. ## Methods. Before treatment, 117 newly diagnosed patients with laryngeal cancer were interviewed about their prediagnostic period. To determine the length of the different stages of patient delay, patients were asked about their symptoms, attributions of symptoms, and reasons to postpone medical consultation. A questionnaire was sent to the general practitioner and to a close relative to verify their answers. ## Results. There was no significant difference in the length of patient delay between early‐ (T1–T2) and advanced‐ stage (T3–T4) disease (9 vs 5 weeks; __p__ = .07). Only tumor site was significantly associated with patient delay. The median total patient delays for glottic and supraglottic tumors were 10 and 4 weeks, respectively (__p__ = .00). Hoarseness/voice change was the most commonly mentioned symptom. Patients attributed their symptom most frequently to a common cold/infection or had no id

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Author

Xavier D. R. Brouha; Debbie M. Tromp; J. Rob J. de Leeuw; Gert-Jan Hordijk; Jacques A. M. Winnubst

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 1043-3074)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)