[Provider delays among patients with breast cancer in a Regional Cancer Care Network: feasibility of personal care schedule].
Fiche publication
Date publication
décembre 2004
Journal
Bulletin du cancer
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr DESANDES Emmanuel
Tous les auteurs :
Latarche C, Desandes E, Mayeux D, Stines J, Guillemin F
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
In order to determine the feasibility of a personal care schedule, we studied provider delays among women with breast cancer in hospitals of a French Regional Cancer Network. In 2001, 148 women have been treated by surgery in the Alexis Vautrin Comprehensive Cancer Centre (AVCCC), then by adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Before surgery, individual variations in delays was observed: from 0 to 65 days between the appointment making and the first consultation, from 3 to 108 days to start the treatment. After surgery, no significant difference in delays was found between women treated at AVCCC and those managed in another network institution (average delays: 35 days between surgery and chemotherapy, 4 months for chemotherapy, 3 weeks between chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and 35 days for radiotherapy). These results suggest an efficient organisation that allow to establish a personal care schedule for each patient after providing anatomopathological data.
Mots clés
Adult, Aged, Breast Neoplasms, therapy, Critical Pathways, organization & administration, Feasibility Studies, Female, France, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Middle Aged, Time Factors
Référence
Bull Cancer. 2004 Dec;91(12):965-71