TABLE II.

Primary reasons for referral and primary dispositions for patients seen in the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, 2008–2012

Variable	Value
Primary reason for referral [n (%)]
Pain (bone metastases)	1433 (52.57)
Brain metastases	580 (21.28)
Mass	90 (3.30)
Post surgery	88 (3.23)
Lesion in diagnostic imaging	79 (2.90)
Assess rt response	53 (1.94)
Assess need for more treatment	52 (1.91)
Bleeding	52 (1.91)
Spinal cord compression (scc)	48 (1.76)
Cauda equina syndrome	24 (0.88)
Pain (other)	24 (0.88)
Impending scc	22 (0.81)
Shortness of breath	18 (0.66)
Pathologic fracture	17 (0.62)
Symptoms of svco	10 (0.37)
Pain (neuropathic)	6 (0.22)
Impending fracture	5 (0.18)
Other	125 (4.59)
Primary case disposition [n (%)]
Palliative rt	1890 (69.21)
Further investigation needed	290 (10.62)
Patient asymptomatic	118 (4.32)
No action	114 (4.17)
Patient declined treatment	65 (2.38)
Systemic therapy	53 (1.94)
Referred to orthopedic surgeon or to bmc	50 (1.83)
Referred to other specialists	39 (1.43)
Referred to other site groups	33 (1.21)
Referred to another hospital	24 (0.88)
Stereotactic radiation	21 (0.77)
Other	34 (1.24)

rt = radiotherapy; svco = superior vena cava obstruction; bmc = bone metastases clinic.