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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Dis Colon Rectum. 2005 Sep;48(9):1736–1741. doi: 10.1007/s10350-005-0069-x

Table 4.

Association Between Total Delay and Rectal Tumor Stage at Diagnosis

Total Delay Stage I
n = 33
n (cum. %)		 Stage II
n = 26
n (cum. %)		 Stage III
n = 24
n (cum. %)		 Stage IV
n = 4
n (cum. %)
0–1 month 5 (15.2%) 7 (26.9%) 5 (20.8%) 1 (25.0%)
1–3 months 14 (57.6%) 3 (38.5%) 6 (45.8%) 0 (25.0%)
3–6 months 4 (69.7%) 9 (73.1%) 4 (62.5%) 1 (50.0%)
6–12 months 4 (81.8%) 1 (76.9%) 1 (66.7%) 1 (75.0%)
≥12 months 6 (100%) 6 (100%) 8 (100%) 1 (100%)
Total delay time (weeks)
Mean (SD) 27.1 (32.7) 44.5 (73.7) 40.8 (76.2) 32.8 (31.8)
Median 10.0 14.0 18.5 26.0
Range 3–117 3–273 3–382 2–77

SD = standard deviation.