Figure 11. Cancellations or postponements of treatment procedures by profession (n=431).
Number of cancellations or postponements of (A) cold knife conization, (B) other excisional (e.g., LEEP), (C) ablative procedures, (D) hysterectomy, (E) chemotherapy, and (F) radiation are shown by profession. Answers include the responses for question 39 by question 4. Primary includes general practitioners/family physicians, nurse practitioners/registered nurses, physician assistants, and a manager of a community health center; secondary (clinical) includes colposcopists and colposcopy registered nurses/registered practical nurses; secondary (cytological) includes cytopathologists/technologists and pathologists; tertiary includes gynecologists/obstetrician-gynecologists, gynecology oncologists, and gynecology nurses. Frequency count exceeded total number of respondents as some reported multiple professions. DK: Don’t know; NA: Not applicable to my practice.
