…for surgeries…
Wait time for cancer surgery is getting longer in the United States, according to a new study in JAMA Surgery. The study analyzed data from 2.7 million patients diagnosed with non-metastatic stage I–III cancers that needed surgery between 2012 and 2023. Breast cancer surgery wait times increased from 34 days at the beginning of the period to 45 days by the end, an increase also seen in colon cancer (from 20 to 31 days), lung (from 41 to 53 days), pancreatic (from 23 to 32 days), gastric (from 35 to 49 days) and esophageal (from 38 to 48 days).
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