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Box and whisker plot depicting the distribution of the Ontario esophageal cancer treatment interval between 2013 and 2018. Upper whisker ¼ maximum observation excluding outliers; lower whisker ¼ minimum observation excluding outliers; upper box bar ¼ 75th percentile; lower box bar ¼ 25th percentile; middle box bar ¼ 50th percentile; dots ¼ outliers (observations outside 1.5 times interquartile range).
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Objective
Timely cancer treatment improves survival and anxiety for some sites. Patients with esophageal cancer require specific workup before treatment, which can prolong the time from diagnosis to treatment (treatment interval). The geographical variation of this interval remains uninvestigated in patients with esophageal cancer.
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Context 1
... median TI length was 36 days (interquartile range [IQR], 22-55 days) and the 90th percentile was 77 days (Figure 2). The subinterval 1 median length was 2 days (IQR, À3 to 10 days; 90th percentile, 20 days); the subinterval 2 median length was 34 days (IQR, 20-51 days; 90th percentile, 73 days). ...
