System Delay in Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Gaza Strip, Palestine

Table 3

Referral of suspected BC patients to diagnosis (N = 122).

Variable		N (%)
Number of counseling times before referral to imaging service	1 time	49 (40.2)
	2-3 times	52 (42.6)
	≥4 times	19 (15.6)
	Did not counsel	2 (1.6)
Utilized diagnostic modalities	Mammography + U/S + biopsy	79 (64.8)
	U/S + biopsy	30 (24.6)
	Mammography + biopsy	12 (9.8)
	Only biopsy	1 (0.8)
Ranking for utilized imaging modalities	Combined mammography and U/S-biopsy	32 (26.3)
	Mammography-U/S-Biopsy	31 (25.4)
	U/S-biopsy	29 (23.8)
	U/S-mammography-biopsy	14 (11.5)
	Mammography-biopsy	10 (8.2)
	Biopsy-U/S	2 (1.6)
	U/S-biopsy-mammography	2 (1.6)
	Biopsy	1 (0.8)
	U/S-biopsy-combined mammography and U/S	1 (0.8)