Stage of lung cancer with respect to delay time, showing number of patients at each stage according to different delay
| Stage according to current TNM classification19 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I–II | IIIA | IIIB | IV | |
| Data are presented as n (%) within each disease stage. | ||||
| *Missing (n = 53). | ||||
| †Missing (n = 112). | ||||
| Hospital delay* | ||||
| <1 month | 17 (13) | 8 (24) | 41 (29) | 46 (43) |
| 1–2 months | 50 (38) | 13 (39) | 57 (40) | 35 (33) |
| 2–3 months | 36 (27) | 4 (12) | 22 (16) | 17 (16) |
| >3 months | 28 (21) | 8 (24) | 22 (15) | 9 (8) |
| Symptom to treatment delay† | ||||
| <3 months | 8 (9) | 7 (25) | 36 (27) | 43 (43) |
| 3–6 months | 45 (49) | 9 (32) | 48 (36) | 36 (36) |
| >6 months | 39 (42) | 12 (43) | 50 (37) | 20 (20) |