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Table 3 Percentage reporting a symptom and (in italics) the median time in weeks between first report of symptom and date of diagnosis or investigation/referral in the year before each index date

From: Determining the date of diagnosis – is it a simple matter? The impact of different approaches to dating diagnosis on estimates of delayed care for ovarian cancer in UK primary care

Symptom

Date1

Date2

Date3

Date4

 

%

median delay (weeks)

%

delay

%

delay

%

delay

Abdominal pain

41

13

41

12

41

12

38

8

Urogenital

25

21

25

19

25

19.5

24

8

Abdominal distension

24

9.5

24

9

24

9

20

3

Constipation/change bowel habits

23

8.5

23

8

23

9

19

10

Abdominal mass

19

6

20

5.5

19

5

15

0

Indigestion

11

21

11

19.5

11

20

9

21

Nausea/Vomiting

10

6

8

7

8

7

6

9

Back pain

9

30.5

10

31

10

31

9

28.5

Breathing Probs

8

11

8

7

8

7

7

5.5

Appetite/Weight

6

9

5

9

5

9

4

8

Tiredness

5

10

5

9.5

5

10

6

8

Pelvic pain

3

9

3

10

3

10

2

1.5

Any one of these symptoms

87

19.5

87

18

87

18

85

10