Table 1. Time from diagnosis to referral to specialist palliative care service by ICCC classification.
| ICCC classification | Number of Patients | Median time to referral (days) | IQR | |
| Leukaemia |
32 |
518 |
363 |
995 |
| Lymphoma |
14 |
368 |
189 |
595 |
| CNS |
84 |
262 |
110 |
1206 |
| Neuroblastoma |
19 |
319 |
157 |
647 |
| Retinoblastoma |
0 |
— |
— |
— |
| Renal |
6 |
390 |
78 |
1205 |
| Hepatic |
3 |
122 |
49 |
339 |
| Bone |
18 |
561 |
206 |
678 |
| Soft tissue |
29 |
273 |
194 |
562 |
| Germ cell |
2 |
169 |
125 |
212 |
| Other epitheliala |
3 |
582 |
109 |
824 |
| Other | 0 | — | — | — |
Abbreviations: CNS=central nervous system; ICCC=International Classification of Childhood Cancer; IQR=inter quartile range.
a
Classification includes: adrenocortical carcinomas, thyroid carcinomas, nasopharyngeal carcinomas, malignant melanomas and other unspecified carcinomas.