Oral cancer patient's profile and time to treatment initiation in the public health system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Main Authors: Manoela Garcia Dias da Conceição (Author), Isabel Cristina Martins Emmerick (Author), Ana Claudia Figueiró (Author), Vera Lucia Luiza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This paper aims to describe the profile of oral cancer (OC) patients, their risk classification and identify the time between screening and treatment initiation in Rio de Janeiro Municipality. Method Data were obtained from the healthcare Regulation System (SISREG) regarding the...