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. 2009 May 27;9:84. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-84

Table 2.

Data category by feedback measure and type of cancer

Data category Type of guideline n (%)

Early breast Advanced breast Colorectal Lung Melanoma Total
Category 1 Level of hospital 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.4%)
Population-based registry, routine-inpatient data Surgery; guideline not reliant on clinical stage 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (4.8%) 3 (7.3%) 7 (2.9%)
Sub-total 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 5 (6.0%) 3 (7.3%) 8 (3.3%)

Category 2 Initial diagnostic or staging procedures 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (4.3%) 14 (16.9% 3 (7.3%) 19 (7.8%)
Core clinical registry Initial treatment in relation to clinical stage-at-diagnosis or performance status or specific prognostic features of the cancer 15 (60.0%) 10 (21.3%) 23 48.9%)) 23 (27.7%)) 25 (61.0%) 96 (39.5%)
Participation in clinical trial 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.8%)
Assessment by multi-disciplinary team; 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.8%)
Sub-total 15 (60.0%) 10 (21.2%) 25 (53.2%) 41 (49.4%) 28 (68.3%) 119 (49.0%)

Category 3 Details of surgery; 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 10 (21.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 10 (4.1%)
Extended clinical registry medical record review, Treatments for complications of cancer treatment 0 (0.0%) 3 (6.4%) 2 (4.3%) 1 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 6 (2.5%)
Long-term follow-up; 1 (4.0%) 3 (6.4%) 3 (6.4%) 2 (2.4%) 4 (9.8%) 13 (5.3%)
Management of disease progression including pain relief and palliation 2 (8.0%) 22 (46.8%) 6 (12.8%) 29 (34.9%) 0 (0.0%) 59 (24.3%)
Sub-total 3 (12.0%) 28 (59.6%) 21 (44.9%) 32 (38.6%) 4 (9.8%) 88 (36.1%)

Category 4 Communication and information sharing between clinician and patient 7 (28.0%) 9 (19.1%) 1 (2.1%) 5 (6.0%) 6 (14.6%) 28 (11.5%)
Patient interview, audio-taping of consultation
Grand total 25 (100%) 47 (100%) 47 (100%) 83 (100%) 41 (100%) 243 (100%)