Table 5 Median (range) days for each interval by diagnosis
Diagnosis (No.) | Total Interval | Patient Interval | Doctor Interval | Primary Care Interval | Referral Interval | Secondary Care Interval | Specialist Care Interval | Diagnostic Interval | System Interval | Treatment Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All diagnoses (104) | 63 (1–559) | 0 (0–417) | 3 (0–537) | 3 (0–525) | 7 (0–83) | 39 (1–231) | 29 (0–195) | 35 (0–559) | 49 (0–287) | 12 (0–111) |
Lymphoma (29) | 63 (12–287) | 9 (0–334) | 1 (0–73) | 10 (0–76) | 7 (0–83) | 45 (3–147) | 36 (3–132) | 36 (1–131) | 61 (3–287) | 18 (0–93) |
Carcinoma (21) | 81 (1–231) | 12 (0–267) | 14 (0–71) | 15 (0–27) | 7 (0–36) | 53 (1–231) | 48 (1–195) | 48 (1–231) | 72 (0–176) | 22 (0–88) |
Leukaemia (18) | 7 (1–146) | 0 (0–37) | 1 (0–31) | 1 (0–105) | 0 (0–17) | 3 (1–90) | 3 (0–82) | 3 (0–122) | 3 (1–115) | 2 (0–24) |
Germ Cell (10) | 29 (6–559) | 0 (0–1) | 13 (0–537) | 3 (0–525) | 8 (0–22) | 20 (6–96) | 7 (6–88) | 29 (0–559) | 15 (5–105) | 0 (0–20) |
Brain / CNS (7) | 65 (6–359) | 0 (0–90) | 40 (0–317) | 16 (0–254) | 16 (0–33) | 33 (1–105) | 33 (1–80) | 53 (1–359) | 42 (1–83) | 5 (0–63) |
Bone Tumour (7) | 86 (45–169) | 20 (0–417) | 1 (0–80) | 1 (0–63) | 34 (0–61) | 79 (24–168) | 30 (24–109) | 81 (24–140) | 80 (6–169) | 21 (2–44) |
Melanoma (6) | 99 (70–392) | 0 (0–0) | 31 (0–295) | 1 (0–368) | 11 (7–15) | 84 (24–100) | 69 (13–93) | 31 (15–295) | 69 (39–111) | 69 (39–111) |
Soft Tissue Sarcoma (5) | 41 (20–183) | 1 (1–13) | 7 (0–38) | 0 (0–70) | 14 (0–14) | 41 (20–113) | 27 (18–99) | 31 (11–125) | 34 (18–145) | 13 (0–58) |