Management of oesophago-gastric cancer patients
| Organisation | National | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of oesophago-gastric (OG) cancer patients in audit | 177 | 19,865 | |
| Case ascertainment for OG cancer (%) | 75-84% | ||
| Method of Diagnosis | |||
| – Patients diagnosed after an emergency admission** ** Percent figure accounts for differences in mix of patients across organisations |
22 | 14.2% | 13.1% |
| – Patients with referral source reported as unknown | 0 | 0.0% | 1.4% |
| Pre-treatment staging of cancer | |||
| – Patients having staging CT scan recorded | 170 | 96.1% | 94.0% |
| Treatment planning | |||
| – Patients having a plan for curative treatment | 54 | 30.5% | 37.2% |
| – Patients having a plan for non-curative treatment | 123 | 69.5% | 62.8% |
| – Patients with non-curative plans having chemotherapy or radiotherapy | 53 | 43.1% | 34.7% |