Publications by authors named "Isaac Roberto Labra Salgado"
Time intervals to care and health service use experiences of uninsured cancer patients treated under public financing in Mexico City.
Karla Unger-Saldaña América Arroyo-Valerio Giulia Sánchez Turrubiates Juan Antonio Gómez-Navarro Enrique Bargalló-Rocha Isaac Roberto Labra Salgado
Cancer Epidemiol
June 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the delays in cancer treatment initiation from symptom discovery among uninsured patients with breast, cervical, testicular, and prostate cancers in Mexico City.
- It involved 1468 patients, revealing a median wait time of 6.6 months before treatment began, with most patients using private services initially and experiencing misdiagnosis.
- The findings underscore the need for improved access and quality in early cancer diagnosis and treatment to enhance patient outcomes in lower-income settings.
Background: Inconsistent associations between smoking status and prostate cancer (PC) could be due to exposure assessment error. Reconstructing smoking behaviors over the life course could reduce exposure assessment error.
Methods: As part of a case-control study, we identified 402 incident and histologically confirmed PC cases that were matched by age (±5 years) to 805 population controls.