Waiting Times for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis in a Nigerian Population

Table 3

Crosstabulation of various timelines with the type of laboratory where histology was done.

		Private lab	Public lab	value
		Frequency (%)	Frequency (%)
Biopsy to histology	<8 days	6 (7.5)	0 (0.0)	0.000
	8–14 days	25 (31.3)	9 (6.9)
	>14 days	49 (61.3)	122 (93.1)
				0.007
	Median	17.00 (18.00)	30.00 (28.00)	0.000
Presentation to treatment	<28 days	17 (21.3)	8 (6.1)	0.000
	28–90 days	39 (48.8)	54 (41.2)
	>90days	24 (30.0)	69 (52.7)
				0.005
	Median	55.00 (71.00)	91.00 (93.00)	0.000
Referred to treatment	<28 days	13 (16.3)	5 (3.8)	0.000
	28–90 days	36 (45.0)	41 (31.3)
	>90 days	31 (38.8)	85 (64.9)
				0.004
	Median	71.50 (96.25)	119.00 (121.00)	0.001