Trend analysis for median waiting time
| Cancer type; first treatment | Slope* (95% CI) |
|---|---|
| Prostate | |
| Chemotherapy | −84.045 (−98.447 to −69.644) |
| Radiotherapy | −2.782 (−4.711 to −0.853) |
| Surgery | 2.605 (1.636 to 3.573) |
| Breast | |
| Chemotherapy | −3.291 (−4.788 to −1.794) |
| Radiotherapy | −1.564 (−2.627 to −0.501) |
| Surgery | 1.927 (1.698 to 2.156) |
| Lung | |
| Chemotherapy | 0.35 (−0.054 to 0.754) |
| Radiotherapy | −0.555 (−1.414 to 0.305) |
| Surgery | 1.491 (0.946 to 2.036) |
| Colorectal | |
| Chemotherapy | −1.809 (−3.086 to −0.532) |
| Radiotherapy | −1.014 (−2.1 to 0.073) |
| Surgery | 0.373 (0.09 to 0.655) |
Note: CI = confidence interval.
↵* The slope term indicates the annual change in the median number of days until first treatment for each cancer–treatment type pair. For example, among patients with colorectal cancer who received chemotherapy as their first treatment, the median time to first treatment decreased by 1.81 days per year over the study period.