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Table 4 Place and suspicion of cancer at first presentation, by diagnosis

From: Achieving a timely diagnosis for teenagers and young adults with cancer: the ACE “too young to get cancer?” study

Diagnosis

Pathway data (n)

Primary Care (n)

A&E (n)

Other (n)

Unknown (n)

Cancer suspected (%)

Lymphoma

29

25

3

0

1

44

Carcinoma

21

16

0

3

2

21

Leukaemia

18

16

2

0

0

33

Germ Cell

10

9

0

0

1

67

Brain / CNS

7

5

1

1

0

14

Bone Tumour

7

6

1

0

0

0

Melanoma

6

6

0

0

0

60

Soft Tissue

5

5

0

0

0

33

Other

1

1

0

0

0

0

Total

104

89 (85.6%)

7 (6.7%)

4 (3.8%)

4 (3.8%)

Overall 34%