Cultural, social, and healthcare access factors associated with delays in gastric cancer presentation, diagnosis, and treatment: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The aim of this study was to identify the time intervals between the demand for health services and the initiation of cancer treatment, and to explore the associated factors, in gastric cancer patients being treated in an oncology hospital in northern Brazil.

Methods: This cross-sectional study. Gastric cancer patients receiving treatment in a northern Brazil reference hospital were interviewed.