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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Breast Cancer. 2019 Jul 11;20(1):e27–e35. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2019.06.009

Table 4.

Thematic analysis for reasons for delay

Top 25% surgery delay (n)a Hormone therapy delay (n)b
● Clinical complexity (8)
● Missed appointments (1)
● Insurance change (2)
● Second opinion (2)
● Treatment indecision (2)
● Undocumented reason (3)
● Clinical complexity (5)
● Missed appointments (1)
● Gap in medication coverage (1)
● Patient family issue (1)
● Undocumented reason (1)
a

Eighteen cases (top 25%) with surgery delays _ 70 days.

b

Nine cases with hormone therapy delay.