Table 2.

Five-year survival rate of patients for different treatment intervals

Variables	Stage I		Stage II		Stage III		Stage IV		P value *
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total number	5681	61.61	1526	34.41	11 696	12.95	24 059	5.11
Interval from cancer diagnosis to treatment									<0.001
≤7 days	3226	70.68	589	43.42	4030	14.86	7924	5.60
8~14 days	910	60.58	338	33.74	2843	12.11	5205	4.58
15~60 days	1269	49.07	462	29.81	3500	13.81	7279	5.43
≥61 days	276	21.10	137	14.56	1323	6.83	3651	4.12

*Log-rank test.