Management of oesophago-gastric cancer
| Organisation | National | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of oesophago-gastric (OG) cancer patients in audit | 235 | 19,512 | |
| Diagnosis | |||
| – Patients diagnosed after an emergency admission** ** Percent figure accounts for differences in mix of patients across organisations |
16% | 21.0% | |
| – % diagnosed with stage 4 disease (denominator: all people diagnosed) |
43% | 37.0% | |
| – % with unknown stage (denominator: all people diagnosed) |
14% | 17.0% | |
| Waiting times | |||
| – % diagnosed within 28 days of referral (denominator: people diagnosed after urgent GP referral) |
76% | 73.0% | |
| – % treated within 62 days of referral (denominator: people receiving disease-targeted treatment after urgent GP referral) |
19% | 26.0% | |
| Supportive care | |||
| – % seen by a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) at diagnosis (denominator: people with complete CNS data) |
97% | 93.0% | |
| – % seen by a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) at diagnosis (denominator: all people diagnosed) |
64% | 60.0% | |
| – % with complete CNS data | 66% | 65.0% | |
N/A: results not presented due to a denominator of <10; for the CNS indicators, results are not presented if the denominator is <10 or if data completeness of the CNS variable is poor (<50%)