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Breast Cancer q4 05

Cancer in Scotland: Action for Change set a target that "by 2005, the maximum wait from urgent referral to treatment for all cancers will be two months"

Breast - period of diagnosis: 1 October to 31 December 2005

Area of diagnosis

Number of eligible urgent referrals*

Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of referral

% compliance with 2 month urgent referral to treatment target

Minimum wait (Days)

Maximum wait (Days)

Median wait (Days)

90th Percentile (Days)

95th Percentile (Days)

Scotland

368

308

83.7%

6

182

43

69

84

NOSCAN

102

71

69.6%

20

182

51

91

106

Grampian

37

21

56.8%

35

182

57

112

157

Highland

19

12

63.2%

20

136

55

97

n/a

Orkney

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Shetland

3

2

66.7%

43

92

55

n/a

n/a

Tayside

42

35

83.3%

21

95

44

75

91

Western Isles

1

1

100.0%

56

56

n/a

n/a

n/a

SCAN

115

100

87.0%

8

110

43

66

70

Borders

8

8

100.0%

20

48

34

n/a

n/a

Dumfries & Galloway

18

18

100.0%

9

35

19

31

n/a

Fife

24

16

66.7%

8

110

55

89

105

Lothian

65

58

89.2%

9

70

44

66

69

WOSCAN

151

137

90.7%

6

174

33

61

67

Argyll & Clyde

22

22

100.0%

6

42

22

40

42

Ayrshire & Arran

25

20

80.0%

17

174

39

68

143

Forth Valley

8

7

87.5%

26

63

37

n/a

n/a

Lanarkshire

34

33

97.1%

8

92

29

55

68

Greater Glasgow

62

55

88.7%

6

91

37

65

75

*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay and co-morbidities

n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers

Page updated: Tuesday, May 16, 2006