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. 2024 May 31;19(5):e0304556. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304556

Table 2. Delays to first treatment (Dt) and to surgery (Ds) and pandemic measurements.

Date of diagnosis
Before&After 1st lockd. start (All) Before 1st lockd. start After 1st lockd. start
N of days N of days N of days p-value
Delay to first therapy
 W/ and w/o NACT* (All) N = 187 N = 99 N = 88
Mean (SD) 45.3 (21.78) 44.7 (18.31) 46 (25.21)
Median (IRQ) 42 (32–54) 42 (32–54) 42.5 (33–54) 0.82**
Range 7–208 11–106 7–208
Delay to surgery
 Patients w/o NACT N = 110 N = 55 N = 55
Mean (SD) 43.7 (20.2) 43.1 (19.91) 44.3 (20.65)
Median (IRQ) 39.5 (30–53) 37 (31–51) 45 (29–54) 0.55**
Range 7–106 11–106 7–104
 Patients w/ NACT N = 77 N = 44 N = 33
Mean (SD) 74.3 (28.17) 72.3 (24.18) 77 (32.95)
Median (IRQ) 69 (60–86) 65 (56–87) 70 (63–85) 0.59**
Range 24–232 24–124 39–232
Composite Pandemic Indicator
 All patients N = 187 N = 99 N = 88
Mean (SD) 69.7 (93.07) 22.4 (34.49) 122.9 (108.5)
Median (IRQ) 30.7 (0.1–101.0) 3.4 (0–28.6) 93.1 (33.3–177.2)
Range 69.7–93.07 0–155.7 6.5–573.1
 Nantes center N = 34 N = 21 N = 13 <0.001***
Mean (SD) 28 (37.5) 10.7 (15.59) 55.8 (45.9)
Median (IRQ) 18.6 (0–44.3) 0 (0–18.8) 46.8 (19.9–78.7)
Range 0–177.6 0–58.8 6.5–177.6
 Angers center N = 66 N = 39 N = 27
Mean (SD) 58.9 (65.68) 19.8 (28) 115.2 (63.69)
Median (IRQ) 43.1 (0–91.62) 0.1 (0–42.5) 100.2 (76.7–139.1)
Range 0–286.3 0–116.3 24.2–286.3
 Clermont-Ferrand center N = 36 N = 11 N = 25
Mean (SD) 68.6 (92.18) 7.4 (7.36) 95.5 (99.51)
Median (IRQ) 13.6 (9.7–119.9) 6.9 (0–12.5) 32.7 (11.4–161.4)
Range 0–298.8 0–20.7 9.5–298.8
 Nancy center N = 51 N = 28 N = 23
Mean (SD) 112.2 (128.67) 40.5 (49.66) 199.5 (141.78)
Median (IRQ) 70.9 (0–155.7) 13.8 (0–77.0) 176.7 (91.9–303.3)
Range 0–574.1 0–155 33–573.1

*NACT–Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy;

**Wilcoxon rank-sum test comparing before and after the start of the 1st lockdown for the delay to first treatment and the delay to surgery;

***Wilcoxon rank-sum test comparing the composite pandemic index between centers for patients diagnosed after the start of the 1st lockdown (N = 88)