Table 3.

Median delays experienced by patients with soft tissue sarcomas relating to the presence of guideline features

	Median patient delay	p-value	Median doctor delay	p-value
Increasing size
Yes (n=29)	45.5 days		102.8 days
No(n=30)	14.0 days	0.002	85.8 days	0.982
Painful
Yes (n=13)	30.4 days		74.9 days
No(n=46)	30.4 days	0.912	100.4 days	0.37
>5cm
Yes (n=ll)	14.0 days		70.0 days
No (n=48)	30.4 days	0.119	104.1 days	0.09
Depth
Deep (n=31)	30.4 days		70.0 days
Superficial (n=28)	30.4 days	0.665	132.9 days	0.038