Objectives Optimally, cancer is diagnosed through periodic screening or detection of early
symptoms in primary care settings. However, an estimated 23%–52% of gastrointestinal (GI) …

Background: Wait times impact patient satisfaction, treatment effectiveness, and the
efficiency of care that the patients receive. Wait time prediction in mental health is a complex …

Background: COVID-19 and its public health response are having a profound effect on
people's mental health. To provide support during these times, Canada's largest mental …

Prostate cancer is one of the most common diagnosed cancers in men and the waiting time
has become an important issue not only for clinical reasons, but also mostly for the …

Aim This paper aimed to create a novel and effective surgical pathway and a strategy for
breast cancer patients in the Gynecology Department at the University Hospital of Sousse …

Background Timeliness can have a substantial effect on treatment outcomes, prognosis and
quality of life for patients with lung cancer. We sought to evaluate changes in wait times for …

Background. Prostate biopsy remains an important surgical procedure in the diagnostic
pathway for prostate cancer, but access to prostate biopsy service is poorly studied in the …

Background: The interval between suspected cancer and diagnosis for symptomatic patients
is often fragmented, leading to diagnosis delays and increased patient stress. We conducted …

Due to world-wide increasing population and life expectancy, the volume of chronic
illnesses and number of patients admitted into hospitals is growing. Hospital services can be …

OBJECTIVES: To determine how physical and/or mental comorbidities affect primary care
physician (PCP) use during adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy and how PCP continuity …