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Impact of referral source on diagnosis and treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer in Brazil: a nationwide hospital cancer registry-based study.

Matheus de Abreu, Yuri de Lima Medeiros, Carolina Frandsen Pereira da Costa, Fábio Abreu Alves, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Maria Paula Curado

BMJ public healthJan 1, 2026PMID 42756926doi:10.1136/bmjph-2025-003915 PMC13583856Journal ArticlepubmedProvenance
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INTRODUCTION: In Brazil, nearly 75% of the population depends on the public health system (PHS), yet disparities with private health insurance (HIS) persist in oncology care. This study aims to evaluate the impact of referral source on the diagnosis, time to treatment and post-treatment outcomes…

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