Fig. 4

a comparison of time taken in the tertiary patient pathway for the two groups, demonstrating no significant difference between the time taken to reach treatment decision in tertiary care between the USTS group and the comparison group. Patient level bar charts showing time spent pre and post MDT for each patient in the (b) USTS group and (c) a randomly selected sub cohort (n = 28) of comparison patients. The red ‘pre-MDT’ bar represents time taken from presentation in secondary care to discussion at MDT, with the green ‘post-MDT’ bar representing time from first discussion to diagnosis/death. d comparison of total time taken from presentation to commencing treatment/death showing no difference between the timeline in the two groups