Table 2. Symptom types reported by 1999 patients reporting at least one symptom, by diagnosis.
| |
|
Pain |
Lump/swelling |
Bleeding |
Urinary difficulties |
Systemic |
Change of bowel habit |
Skin |
Chest symptoms |
Eating-related |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most common examples | n | Musculoskeletal Chest Abdominal | Lump in breast, neck, armpit, groin, abdomen | Rectal bleeding Haematuria Vaginal bleeding | Frequency Hesitancy Urgency Nocturia | Fatigue Weight loss Loss of appetite | Diarrhoea Constipation | Mole Itchiness Rash or red spots | Shortness of breath Cough | Nausea Vomiting Indigestion |
| |
n |
n
(%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
|
Haemato-oncological | ||||||||||
| Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia | 122 | 22 (18.0) | 56 (45.9) | 4 (3.3) | 2 (1.6) | 69 (56.6) | 2 (1.6) | 20 (16.4) | 46 (37.7) | 1 (0.8) |
| Chronic myeloid leukaemia | 148 | 67 (45.3) | 9 (6.1) | 11 (7.4) | 1 (0.7) | 104 (70.3) | 4 (2.7) | 31 (20.9) | 50 (33.8) | 1 (0.7) |
| Myeloma | 134 | 88 (65.7) | 4 (3.0) | 8 (6.0) | 1 (0.7) | 63 (47.0) | 2 (1.5) | 13 (9.7) | 27 (20.1) | 2 (1.5) |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
157 |
46 (29.3) |
89 (56.7) |
2 (1.3) |
1 (0.6) |
63 (40.1) |
7 (4.5) |
14 (8.9) |
33 (21.0) |
2 (1.3) |
|
Gastrointestinal | ||||||||||
| Colon | 116 | 49 (42.2) | 2 (1.7) | 35 (30.2) | 45 (38.8) | 49 (42.2) | 1 (0.9) | 17 (14.7) | 3 (2.6) | |
| Rectum |
140 |
30 (21.4) |
1 (0.7) |
102 (72.9) |
|
29 (20.7) |
84 (60.0) |
1 (0.7) |
4 (2.9) |
|
|
Gynaecological | ||||||||||
| Uterus | 149 | 31 (20.8) | 1 (0.7) | 115 (77.2) | 2 (1.3) | 31 (20.8) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | ||
| Cervix |
82 |
32 (39.0) |
1 (1.2) |
62 (75.6) |
1 (1.2) |
20 (24.4) |
2 (2.4) |
|
|
|
|
Urogenital | ||||||||||
| Kidney and ureter | 133 | 54 (40.6) | 7 (5.3) | 62 (46.6) | 22 (16.5) | 36 (27.1) | 1 (0.8) | 19 (14.3) | ||
| Bladder | 153 | 33 (21.6) | 2 (1.3) | 130 (85.0) | 48 (31.4) | 15 (9.8) | 3 (2.0) | |||
| Prostate |
133 |
51 (38.3) |
|
13 (9.8) |
108 (81.2) |
16 (12.0) |
2 (1.5) |
|
1 (0.8) |
|
|
Other | ||||||||||
| Breast | 88 | 18 (20.5) | 72 (81.8) | 3 (3.4) | 12 (13.6) | |||||
| Malignant melanoma | 151 | 18 (11.9) | 1 (0.7) | 133 (88.1) | 2 (1.3) | 2 (1.3) | ||||
| Bone or soft tissue sarcoma | 135 | 26 (19.3) | 106 (78.5) | 1 (0.7) | 4 (3.0) | 2 (1.5) | 2 (1.5) | 4 (3.0) | ||
| Oral cavity |
158 |
41 (25.9) |
67 (42.4) |
1 (0.6) |
|
2 (1.3) |
|
|
|
17 (10.8) |
|
All |
1999 |
588 (29.4) |
435 (21.8) |
547 (27.4) |
186 (9.3) |
500 (25.0) |
155 (7.8) |
227 (11.4) |
207 (10.4) |
29 (1.5) |
| Weighted percentagea | 28.5 | 28.0 | 23.0 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 0.8 | |
Percentages do not add up to 100 by row because patients may have reported more than one symptom.
a
Percentages are weighted for the incidence of cancers among patients reporting the symptom.