BACKGROUND: There are few reports from developing countries on the factors that influence the time @entity146 ( @entity146 ) in @entity5 . The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of the @entity146 in Turkish @entity5 @entity1 . PROCEDURE: A retrospective analysis was performed on 329 @entity1 diagnosed with @entity5 , excluding @entity1778 . The @entity146 , including parent/ @entity1 time and physician time, was defined as the interval between the onset of symptoms and the final diagnosis. RESULTS: The median times for parent/ @entity1 , physician, and @entity146 were 3, 28, and 53 days, respectively. For @entity1 in the 1-9 years age group, physician time and @entity146 were significantly shorter than in @entity1 and those over 10 years. The longest median @entity146 was recorded for @entity1 with germ cell @entity5 and @entity995 ; the shortest was in @entity1 with @entity703 . When the first point of contact was a pediatrician, a private hospital or physician's office, a governmental educational hospital or a university hospital physician time was short. The longest @entity146 was noted in @entity1 who first contacted a non-pediatric specialist. The most significant predictors of parent/ @entity1 , physician time, and @entity146 were @entity3 at diagnosis, first medical center, and first health professional contacted, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The @entity146 for @entity5 was related to @entity1 age, @entity5 type and location, the presence of distance @entity3 , first health professional, and center contacted. All physicians, especially other specialists seeing pediatric @entity1 , need to be further sensitized to the signs and symptoms of @entity5 .

The time XXXX in @entity5 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'patient', 'infants'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['to diagnosis', 'TD'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'tumors', 'cancer', 'childhood cancer', 'childhood lymphomas and solid tumors'] @entity703 :: ('MESH:D007680', 'Disease') :: ['renal tumors'] @entity1778 :: ('MESH:D007938', 'Disease') :: ['leukemia'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastases'] @entity995 :: ('MESH:D012175', 'Disease') :: ['retinoblastoma']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['to diagnosis']
