Timeliness in cancer care: an analysis of delays in diagnosis and treatment initiation

Isnedys E. Ballesteros-Goes ¹, Edgar F. Manrique-Hernández ², Maricel Licht-Ardila ³, Leidy M. Rincón-Ramírez ⁴, Alejandra Mendoza-Monsalve ⁵, Alexandra Hurtado-Ortiz ⁶, Carmen J. Suarez Monsalve ⁷, Anderson Bermon ⁸

¹ Quality Specialization, Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana, Bogotá, Colombia; ² Public Health Department, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia; ³ Department of Epidemiology, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Piedecuesta, Santander, Colombia; ⁴ Quality Specialization, Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana, Bogotá; IPS M and S SOLUTIONS S.A.S, San Gil, Santander; Colombia; ⁵ Public Health Department, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Bogotá, Colombia; ⁶ Postgraduate Department in Infectious Disease, Universidad de Santander, Santander, Colombia; ⁷ Value-Based Medicine Department, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Piedecuesta, Colombia; ⁸ Epidemiology, Escuela de Graduados, Universidad CES, Medellin, Colombia