Patient Perceptions and Type 1 Delay in Head and Neck Cancer: A Scoping Review of High- and Low-/Middle-Income Countries.

Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol · 2026 · PMC13175917 · PMID 42146115

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showed a trendp = 0.05actually significant

Transport/geographic barriers showed a trend toward being more common in LMIC studies ( p = 0.05).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.26not close (p > 0.1)

While this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.26), the trend is consistent with evidence showing that patients in resource‐limited settings often encounter multiple, compounding obstacles to timely care.

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