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. 2011 Jan 28;21(6):1277–1285. doi: 10.1007/s00330-010-2025-y

Table 4.

Trends for rate of confirmation and rate of change in diagnosis, staging and treatment plan over the 3 years

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Test for trend
Confirmation Diagnosis 51.0% 54.5% 54.7% P = 0.13
Staging 37.6% 45.6% 42.5% P = 0.06
Treatment plan 45.3% 51.8% 50.6% P = 0.03
Change Diagnosis 16.3% 13.4% 13.9% P = 0.16
Staging 27.4% 20.7% 20.1% P < 0.001
Treatment plan 32.6% 27.6% 25.9% P = 0.0012
Change in at least one of them Diagnosis and/or staging and/or treatment plan 41.0% 34.3% 34.4% P < 0.0001