Table 1.

Median (range; 95% confidence interval) number of days to treatment of patients with malignant spinal cord compression

Delay	All patients	With history of malignancy (n=196)	With no history of malignancy (n=105)	P value*
From onset of back pain	73.5 (3-1650; 60 to 89)	62 (3-1650; 47 to 84)	90 (4-570; 54 to 143)	0.0024
From onset of spinal cord compression	14 (0-840; 12 to 17)	13 (0-840; 9 to 15)	20 (1-30; 14 to 28)	0.0016
From onset of weakness	13.5 (0-840; 10 to 15)	10 (0-840; 8 to 14)	18 (0-360; 13 to 23)	0.0062
From loss of ambulation	4.0 (0-80; 3 to 4)	3 (0-80; 3 to 4)	4 (0-33; 2 to 9)	0.13

^*History of malignancy v no history, Mann-Whitney U test.