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Association between delayed initiation of treatment indications and survival in patients with cervical cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

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  • Tariku Shimels
  • Biruck Gashaw
  • Teferi Gedif

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Background: Cervical cancer is a growing public health problem globally. Despite the availability of management options, the progression of the disease as a function of waiting time may challenge the effort to attain a desired outcome. There is a conflicting report on the role of waiting time to initiate an appropriate treatment in improving patients’ survival. Objective: This review aims to evaluate the association between delayed time to initiate any treatment indication with survival in patients with cervical cancer. Methods: An internet-based literature search will be performed using text words, MESH terms and truncated words in databases, namely MEDLINE, Cochrane CENTRAL, EMBASE, Web of Science and Scopus. Grey literature searches in Google Scholar, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) and Dissertations and Theses Global will be made. All articles published until 30th of December 2021 on human subjects will be searched without a language restriction. Studies which fulfil the inclusion criteria will be screened in full reading, selected, appraised and assessed for methodological quality by two independent reviewers. Data on participants, study methods, interventions, and outcomes will be abstracted. Included studies will be pooled for meta-analysis. Microsoft-Excel and R packages will be employed to carry out the statistical analysis. Heterogeneity will be assessed using Cochrane Q statistic, Tau2, and I2. Results will be reported as a function of 4-week delay in treatment initiation and the corresponding hazard ratio (HR) at 95% confidence interval. Statistical significance will be considered at P

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  • Tariku Shimels & Biruck Gashaw & Teferi Gedif, 2022. "Association between delayed initiation of treatment indications and survival in patients with cervical cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(7), pages 1-5, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0271604
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271604
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