Delays and detours during cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study on patient pathways and provider intervals in public healthcare networks of Chile, Colombia and Ecuador

María Luisa Vázquez; Pamela Eguiguren; Amparo Susana Mogollón-Pérez; Andrés Peralta; Josep M. Borràs; Ignacio Aznar-Lou; Signe Smith Jervelund; Carol Cardozo; Samar Benthami-Zarhouni; Iván Dueñas-Espín; María Luisa Garmendia; Sónia Dias; Ingrid Vargas

doi:10.1186/s12885-026-15737-5

Delays and detours during cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study on patient pathways and provider intervals in public healthcare networks of Chile, Colombia and Ecuador

María Luisa Vázquez
, Pamela Eguiguren
, Amparo Susana Mogollón-Pérez
, Andrés Peralta
, Josep M. Borràs
, Ignacio Aznar-Lou
, Signe Smith Jervelund
, Carol Cardozo
, Samar Benthami-Zarhouni
, Iván Dueñas-Espín
, María Luisa Garmendia
, Sónia Dias
, Ingrid Vargas

School of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Original language	English (US)
Journal	BMC Cancer
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-026-15737-5
State	Published - Feb 26 2026

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Oncology
Genetics
Cancer Research

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Vázquez, M. L., Eguiguren, P., Mogollón-Pérez, A. S., Peralta, A., Borràs, J. M., Aznar-Lou, I., Jervelund, S. S., Cardozo, C., Benthami-Zarhouni, S., Dueñas-Espín, I., Garmendia, M. L., Dias, S., & Vargas, I. (2026). Delays and detours during cancer diagnosis: a cross-sectional study on patient pathways and provider intervals in public healthcare networks of Chile, Colombia and Ecuador. BMC Cancer, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-026-15737-5

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