Table V.
Delays in CRC care across 6 geographical regions (n = 745 reporting delayed care)
|
n = 745 (100%) |
Asia 158 (21.2) |
Europe 422 (56.6) |
N America 82 (11.0) |
S America 57 (7.7) |
Africa 16 (2.1) |
Oceania 10 (1.3) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endoscopy | 549 (73.7) | 109 (69.0) | 310 (73.5) | 64 (78.0) | 47 (82.5) | 12 (75.0) | 7 (70.0) | .421 |
| Radiology | 335 (45.0) | 69 (43.7) | 199 (47.2) | 32 (39.0) | 21 (36.8) | 10 (62.5) | 4 (40.0) | .336 |
| Neoadjuvant CRT | 196 (26.3) | 47 (29.7) | 106 (25.1) | 16 (19.5) | 22 (38.6) | 2 (12.5) | 3 (30.0) | .097 |
| Prolonged CRT interval | 324 (43.5) | 83 (52.5) | 175 (41.5) | 26 (31.7) | 31 (54.4) | 7 (43.8) | 2 (20.0) | .008 |
| Surgery | 434 (58.3) | 90 (57.0) | 257 (60.9) | 43 (52.4) | 34 (59.6) | 7 (43.8) | 3 (30.0) | .208 |
| Histopathology | 131 (17.6) | 43 (27.2) | 55 (13.0) | 9 (11.0) | 19 (33.3) | 4 (25.0) | 1(10.0) | <.001 |