Table 1.
Patient demographic characteristics and time frames for disease diagnosis and treatment
| Pre-pandemic, n (%) N = 278 |
COVID-19 period, n (%) N = 340 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, males | 206 (74.1) | 263 (77.4) | 0.347 |
| Mean age at diagnosis (years) | 63.6 | 64.1 | 0.460 |
| Place of residence, Wielkopolska province | 226 (81.3) | 287 (84.4) | 0.305 |
| Radiological diagnosis at the GPCC | 136 (48.9) | 170 (50) | 0.790 |
| Tumor biopsy at the GPCC | 135 (48.6) | 195 (57.4) | 0.029 |
| Mean time from first visit to MTB (days) | 27.9 | 33.5 | 0.105 |
| Mean time from MTB to treatment start (days) | 17.1 | 21.7 | 0.006 |
| Mean time from first visit to treatment initiation (days) | 44.7 | 54.4 | 0.004 |
| Mean waiting time from surgery to adjuvant radiotherapy (days) | 57.5 | 56.3 | 0.693 |
GPCC – Greater Poland Cancer Centre, MTB – multidisciplinary tumour board