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. 2021 Nov 5;126(4):652–663. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01603-7

Fig. 2. Time intervals (days) from symptomatic primary care presentation to cancer diagnosis.

Fig. 2

Values are shown for colon (top row) and rectal cancer (bottom row) patients by Charlson comorbidity Index (CCI) score. Solid line CCI score 0; dashed line CCI score 1; dotted line CCI score 2; large dashed line CCI score 3+. Symptom to test and test to diagnosis intervals refer to the subgroup of patients with a relevant test (n = 2301 colon; n = 1390 rectum), while the symptom to diagnosis intervals refer to the total sample (n = 3215 colon; n = 1621 rectum). The symptom-to-diagnosis interval for the subgroup of tested individuals is shown Supplementary Fig. 1. Note: The median values shown here are statistically significantly different (p < 0.001) when comparing patients with Charlson score 1+ versus 0.