Alarm | Serious | Vague | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
All | 48 | 20.2 | 126 | 52.9 | 64 | 26.9 |
Cancer typea | ||||||
Leukaemia | 14 | 18.2 | 49 | 63.6 | 14 | 18.2 |
Lymphomas | 16 | 44.4 | 11 | 30.6 | 9 | 25.0 |
CNS tumours | 5 | 10.9 | 30 | 65.2 | 11 | 23.9 |
Bone tumours | 1 | 5.6 | 8 | 44.4 | 9 | 50.0 |
Other solid tumours | 12 | 19.7 | 28 | 45.9 | 21 | 34.4 |
Age, years | ||||||
0–4 | 15 | 15.0 | 59 | 59.0 | 26 | 26.0 |
5–9 | 13 | 19.4 | 37 | 55.2 | 17 | 25.4 |
10–14 | 20 | 28.2 | 30 | 42.3 | 21 | 29.6 |
↵a Statistically significant difference between cancer types (P<0.001). CNS = central nervous system.