Table 1.
Median waiting times and proportion of patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) within 60 days of diagnosis or previous treatment
| Total number of patients | Number(%) receiving RT | Median wait (days) | % treated within 60 days after diagnosis or previous treatment | ||
| Unadjusted | Adjusteda | ||||
| Network of residence | |||||
| Ab | 1940 | 489 (25) | 36 | 79 | 81 |
| B | 11527 | 4685 (41) | 61 | 49 | 47 |
| Cb | 4626 | 1716 (37) | 48 | 63 | 66 |
| Db | 7239 | 3190 (44) | 56 | 55 | 53 |
| E | 8154 | 2924 (36) | 49 | 63 | 59 |
| F | 7196 | 2665 (37) | 49 | 62 | 61 |
| G | 8768 | 2976 (34) | 56 | 54 | 53 |
| H | 5171 | 1806 (35) | 42 | 76 | 77 |
| I* | 8915 | 2977 (33) | 44 | 68 | 68 |
| J | 9793 | 3572 (36) | 48 | 63 | 63 |
| K | 9396 | 3000 (32) | 65 | 45 | 43 |
| Lb | 2111 | 650 (31) | 55 | 60 | 56 |
| M | 10197 | 4677 (46) | 48 | 63 | 62 |
| Other/Not known | 85 | 27 (32) | 55 | 63 | 64 |
| Test for heterogeneity: | χ2 (12 df) | 958.9 | 1046.7 | ||
| p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | ||||
| Year of diagnosis | |||||
| 1992* | 9163 | 3555 (39) | 43 | 68 | 68 |
| 1993 | 8403 | 3099 (37) | 45 | 67 | 67 |
| 1994 | 8911 | 3530 (40) | 45 | 69 | 69 |
| 1995 | 9228 | 3718 (40) | 47 | 67 | 66 |
| 1996 | 9937 | 3935 (40) | 49 | 63 | 62 |
| 1997 | 10362 | 4134 (40) | 51 | 61 | 60 |
| 1998 | 10011 | 3672 (37) | 51 | 61 | 59 |
| 1999 | 9944 | 3667 (37) | 56 | 54 | 52 |
| 2000 | 9693 | 3127 (32) | 69 | 42 | 40 |
| 2001 | 9466 | 2917 (31) | 77 | 36 | 33 |
| Test for trend: | χ2 (1 df) | 1229.7 | 1329.0 | ||
| p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | ||||
| Site | |||||
| Breast* | 89163 | 34162 (38) | 51 | 60 | 60 |
| Breast in situ | 5955 | 1192 (20) | 60 | 50 | 50 |
| Test for heterogeneity: | χ2 (1 df) | 42.2 | 37.7 | ||
| p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | ||||
| Stage | |||||
| 1* | 38870 | 16969 (44) | 54 | 58 | 58 |
| 2 | 1955 | 747 (38) | 51 | 58 | 53 |
| 3 | 17201 | 7568 (44) | 55 | 56 | 54 |
| 4 | 4947 | 1661 (34) | 31 | 73 | 68 |
| Not known | 32145 | 8409 (26) | 47 | 63 | 59 |
| Test for trend: | χ2 (1 df) | 20.8 | 0.8 | ||
| p < 0.0001 | p = 0.3660 | ||||
| IMD income quintile | |||||
| 1 (Least deprived)* | 19996 | 7854 (39) | 50 | 61 | 61 |
| 2 | 20010 | 7600 (38) | 51 | 59 | 59 |
| 3 | 19058 | 7211 (38) | 53 | 58 | 59 |
| 4 | 19175 | 6914 (36) | 52 | 59 | 59 |
| 5 (Most deprived) | 16759 | 5756 (34) | 51 | 59 | 59 |
| Not known | 120 | 19 (16) | 55 | 58 | 62 |
| Test for trend: | χ2 (1 df) | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| p = 0.1783 | p = 0.2050 | ||||
| Age group | |||||
| < 50* | 19883 | 8329 (42) | 51 | 59 | 59 |
| 50–59 | 23091 | 10483 (45) | 50 | 60 | 62 |
| 60–69 | 19463 | 9170 (47) | 53 | 60 | 62 |
| 70–79 | 17581 | 5882 (33) | 53 | 58 | 60 |
| 80+ | 15100 | 1490 (10) | 52 | 58 | 59 |
| Test for trend: | χ2 (1 df) | 0.3 | 1.4 | ||
| p = 0.5828 | p = 0.2456 | ||||
| All cases | 95118 | 35354 (37) | 52 | 59 | |
a = Adjusted for all other variables in table and survival
b = TCR part of network
* = Baseline category
Tests for heterogeneity and trend exclude 'other' and 'not known' categories