Cognitive and emotional processes influencing patient presentation or non-presentation of oral Cancer symptoms to healthcare professionals

Greater time that patients take to present symptoms to health care providers (HCPs) increases the likelihood of later stage cancer, which increases mortality and morbidity in symptomatic cancers. The common-sense model (CSM) is used to understand time to first consultation with a healthcare provider, but inconsistencies exisy between its current use and important empirical findings.
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research