TABLE V.

Time from consultation to treatment for patients seen in the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program

Patient group and year	Patients seen (n)	Patients treated by time to treatment
		Same day (day 0)		1–6 Days		≥7 Days
		(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)
All patients seen and treated
2008	232	179	77.2	47	20.3	6	2.5
2009	522	326	62.5	165	31.6	31	5.9
2010	486	283	58.2	171	35.2	32	6.6
2011	418	223	53.3	149	35.7	46	11.0
2012	201	102	50.7	82	40.8	17	8.5
Overall	1859	1113	59.9	614	33.0	132	7.1
All patients treated for metastatic bone pain
2008	126	101	80.2	23	18.2	2	1.6
2009	287	188	65.5	87	30.3	12	4.2
2010	277	181	65.3	81	29.3	15	5.4
2011	225	127	56.5	79	35.1	19	8.4
2012	123	69	56.1	46	37.4	8	6.5
Overall	1038	666	64.2	316	30.4	56	5.4
All patients treated for brain metastases
2008	58	40	69.0	15	25.9	3	5.2
2009	111	63	56.8	42	37.8	6	5.4
2010	108	55	50.9	49	45.4	4	3.7
2011	82	43	52.4	31	37.8	8	9.8
2012	38	14	36.9	20	52.6	4	10.5
Overall	397	215	54.2	157	39.5	25	6.3