Table 3.

Stage of cancer at diagnosis by referral source.

		Diagnosed through other routes
	Urgent guideline referrals	Total	Urgent GP letter	Non-urgent GP letter	Inter-specialty referral	A&E referral	Unknown
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Lung (TNM stage)
Stage IA	1 (6)	10 (14)	1 (50)	2 (33)	7 (16)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Stage IB	3 (17)	15 (21)	0 (0)	1 (17)	13 (29)	0 (0)	1 (6)
Stage IIB	0 (0)	16 (22)	0 (0)	1 (17)	13 (29)	0 (0)	1 (6)
Stage IIIA	5 (28)	15 (21)	1 (50)	0 (0)	8 (18)	1 (50)	5 (29)
Stage IIIB	4 (22)	3 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (2)	0 (0)	2 (12)
Stage IV	5 (28)	13 (18)	0 (0)	1 (17)	3 (7)	1 (50)	8 (47)
Total	18	72	2	6	45	2	17
Colorectal (Duke's stage)
A	4 (12)	23 (18)	2 (6)	13 (32)	4 (14)	2 (15)	2 (17)
B	14 (42)	48 (37)	18 (50)	11 (27)	9 (32)	4 (31)	6 (50)
C	15 (46)	56 (43)	16 (44)	17 (42)	13 (46)	6 (46)	4 (33)
D	0 (0)	3 (2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (7)	1 (8)	0 (0)
Total	33	130	36	41	28	13	12
Prostate (Gleason score)
Moderate (5–7)	33 (94)	77 (91)	5 (63)	54 (95)	8 (89)	7 (88)	3 (100)
High (8–10)	2 (6)	8 (9)	3 (37)	3 (5)	1 (11)	1 (12)	0 (0)
Total	35	85	8	57	9	8	3
Ovarian
I	1 (13)	7 (19)	0 (0)	4 (21)	2 (20)	0 (0)	1 (14)
II	1 (13)	3 (8)	0 (0)	2 (11)	1 (10)	0 (0)	0 (0)
III	3 (38)	21 (57)	0 (0)	9 (47)	5 (50)	1 (100)	6 (86)
IV	3 (38)	6 (16)	0 (0)	4 (21)	2 (20)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Total	8	37	0	19	10	1	7

TNM = tumor, node, metastasis.