Age at interview (mean age = 53 years, range = 22–74) | |
21–40 | 10 (26) |
41–60 | 15 (38) |
≥61 | 14 (36) |
|
Sex | |
Male | 21 (54) |
Female | 18 (46) |
|
Region of England | |
Eastern | 30 (77) |
North Western | 9 (23) |
|
Patient interval (first symptom to first presentation)a | |
<7 days | 5 (13) |
1–4 weeks | 3 (8) |
1–6 months | 10 (26) |
7–12 months | 11 (28) |
>12 months | 10 (26) |
|
Diagnostic interval (first presentation to diagnosis)a | |
<7 days | 1 (3) |
1–4 weeks | 16 (41) |
1–6 months | 15 (38) |
7–12 months | 5 (13) |
>12 months | 2 (5) |
|
Reported consultations with GPs in primary care | |
0 | 7 (18) |
1 | 15 (38) |
2 | 9 (23) |
≥3 | 8 (21) |
|
Reported consultations with emergency care | |
Emergency only (no contact with GP) | 7 (18) |
Emergency care with contact with GP | |
• GP contact before emergency care | 14 (36) |
• GP contact after emergency care | 1 (3) |
• GP contact before and after emergency care | 5 (13) |
No emergency care | 12 (31) |
|
Tumour type | |
Diffuse astrocytoma | 5 (13) |
Anaplastic astrocytoma | 4 (10) |
Oligodendroglioma | 2 (5) |
Anaplastic oligodendroglioma | 2 (5) |
Glioblastoma | 22 (56) |
Other astrocytic tumours | 2 (5) |
Unknown | 2 (5) |
|
Tumour location | |
Frontal (including frontoparietal × 2) | 20 (51) |
Temporal | 10 (26) |
Parietal (including parieno-occipital × 2) | 4 (10) |
Occipital | 2 (5) |
Other (thalamus × 1, tempero-insula × 1, N/A × 1) | 3 (8) |
|
WHO gradeb | |
Low grade: II | 8 (21) |
High grade: III/IV | 7/22 (18/56) |
Ungraded | 2 (5) |