Table III.
Time interval between onset of cancer symptoms to treatment among females positive for early detection of common cancers during PBS using CBAC and opportunistic cervical cancer screening in selected PHCs, Puducherry
| Type of delay | Time interval (Days) | Median (IQR) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral cancer | Breast cancer | Cervical cancer |
Total | |||
| Population based screening | Opportunistic screening in centres | |||||
| Pre-diagnostic delay; (n=88) | Onset of symptoms to 1st presentation to registered medical practioner20 | 50 (34-102) | 121 (64-1218) | 81 (52-131) | 55 (44-107) | 79 (44-126) |
| Diagnostic delay; (n=36) | First contact to a registered medical practitioner to confirmation of diagnosis of the disease20 | 41* | 27 (14-104) | 27 (13-80) | 28 (15-55) | 27 (13-73) |
| Treatment initiation delay; (n=1) | Confirmation of diagnosis to initiation of treatment20 | 27 | NA | NA | 27 | |
*
Mean calculated as n=2 (9 and 72). Oral cancer: Pre-diagnostic delay (n=14); Diagnostic delay (n=6); Treatment delay (n=1); Breast cancer: Pre-diagnostic delay (n=9); Diagnostic delay (n=7); Cervical cancer (CBAC): Pre-diagnostic delay (n=55); Diagnostic delay (n=19); Cervical cancer (centre screening): Pre-diagnostic delay (n=9); Diagnostic delay (n=8)