Factors Affecting Time to Surgery in Breast Cancer Patients.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2022

Publication Title

American Surgeon

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We sought to determine factors affecting time to surgery (TTS) to identify potential modifiable factors to improve timeliness of care.

METHODS: Patients with clinical stage 0-3 breast cancer undergoing partial mastectomy in 2 clinical trials, conducted in ten centers across the US, were analyzed. No preoperative workup was mandated by the study; those receiving neoadjuvant therapy were excluded.

RESULTS: The median TTS among the 583 patients in this cohort was 34 days (range: 1-289). Patient age, race, tumor palpability, and genomic subtype did not influence timeliness of care defined as TTS ≤30 days. Hispanic patients less likely to have a TTS ≤30 days (

CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative MRI significantly increases time to surgery; surgeons should consider this in deciding on its use.

Volume

88

Issue

4

First Page

648

Last Page

652

DOI

10.1177/00031348211054714

ISSN

1555-9823

PubMed ID

34732082

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