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BMC Cancer (2024) 24:1527 [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-024-13295-2](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-024-13295-2)  \nBMC Cancer  \n RESEARCH Open Access  \nExperiences of patient delay among lung cancer patients in South China  \nDianDian Jiang1†, ZiXiu Wang1†, HuiYan Li1, JianMei Liu1, MiaoLing Cui2* and YiXin Luo3*  \nAbstract  \nBackground Lung cancer is a commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Cancer delay pose significant challenges for health systems globally, with patient delay being a primary factor contributing to late diagnoses, ultimately resulting in adverse outcomes and reduced survival rates. However, the underlying reasons for patient delay are not well understood, and there is a scarcity of studies that specifically examine the experiences related to patient delay among lung cancer patients. Therefore, this study aims to explore the experiences of lung cancer patients and identify potential strategies to mitigate their delays in seeking care. Methods The interview framework was developed based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. Face-to-face semistructured interviews were conducted with participants. Data analysis was performed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological analysis method.  \nResults A total of 30 lung cancer patients participated in the interviews, which lasted between 26 and 42 min (with an average duration of 33 min) . The duration of patient delay varied from 90 to 213 days. Four themes were identified:  \n(1) reasons for patient delay,(2) health-seeking triggers,(3) perception of patient delay, and (4) potential solutions. Conclusion Lung cancer patients exhibited varying degrees of patient delay attributed to factors such as ignoring or dismissing symptoms, lack of family support, poor access to health services, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Promoting disease knowledge, optimizing resources and implementing technology-based solutions may serve as effective measures to address these issues.  \nKeywords Lung cancer, Patient delay, Disease knowledge, Resource optimization  \n†DianDian Jiang and ZiXiu Wang contributed equally to this work.  \n*Correspondence: MiaoLing Cui [cuimiaoling@126.com](cuimiaoling@126.com)[ ](cuimiaoling@126.com)YiXin Luo [568336964@qq.com](568336964@qq.com)  \n1 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Ward, First Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China  \n2 Department of Nursing, First Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China  \n3 School of Nursing, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China  \nIntroduction  \nLung cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers worldwide, with an estimated two million new cases reported annually [1] . According to the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research ([http://www.wcrf.org](http://www.wcrf.org)), lung cancer was identified as the second most common cancer in 2020, accounting for 2.2 million new cases globally, which represents 12.2% of all newly diagnosed cancers. In this context, China ranked sixteenth with 815,563 new cases, reflecting an age-standardized incidence rate of 35.1 per 100,000 individuals. Furthermore, lung cancer emerged as the leading cause of cancer-related mortality, responsible for nearly one in five deaths attributed to cancer. It is estimated that approximately  \n© The Author(s) 2024. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which permits any non-commercial use, sharing, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if you modified the licensed material. You do not have permission under this licence to share adapted material derived from this article or parts of it. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, ","cbCaidhYhrcekJZN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidhYhrcekJZN","pdf",942351,"English","# Abstract\n## Background\n## Methods\n## Results\n## Conclusion\n# Introduction\n## Epidemiology and significance of delay\n## Definitions and consequences of patient delay","[{\"question\":\"What does the study focus on regarding lung cancer care?\",\"answer\":\"The study focuses on patients’ experiences of delay in seeking care for lung cancer and aims to identify reasons and strategies to reduce such delays.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the interviews designed and analyzed?\",\"answer\":\"The interview framework was developed based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. 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