Delays in Referral of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Table 4

Medical professional delay breakdown.

	Action	𝑛=	Mean	Median	Min.	Max.	% in 1 month	% in 3 months	% in 1 year	% > year
		Weeks
Time to first referral if MP1	Overall	162	35.8	2.4	0	552.4	51.0	60.9	78.2	100.0
	Reassures Patient	62	70.4	38.3	1.9	552.4	6.5	24.2	54.8	100
	Sends patient to A&E for X-ray	11	53.7	6.7	0	405.1	45.5	63.6	81.8	100
Time until patient referred to the ROH if 2nd MP	Overall	162	44.9	6.9	0.0	1065.3	37.3	63.3	87.3	100.0
	Reassures	3	308	185.3	79	659.4	0	0	0	100
	Performs MRI	76	28.2	6.7	0	991.3	39.5	63.2	93.4	100
	Performs biopsy	20	19.1	7.43	0.9	148.9	35	65	90	100
	Peforms biopsy and MRI	4	7.1	5.9	1.3	15.3	50	75	100	100
	Performs surgery with prior biopsy	4	69.2	22.1	2.1	230.6	25	50	75	100
	Performs surgery without prior biopsy	44	120	18.3	2.6	1065.3	9.1	29.5	75	100
	Performs surgery without prior biopsy or MRI	32	124	17.9	2.6	1065.3	9.4	37.5	71.9	100