Table 2: Differences in the reasons for failure to receive surgery and chemotherapy by race and stage

 

 

Overall

Stage 1

 

Stage 2

 

Stage 3

 

Stage 4

 

Stage

Missing

 

NHW

NHB

 

NHW

NHB

 

NHW

NHB

 

NHW

NHB

 

NHW

NHB

 

NHW

NHB

 

N (%)

N (%)

p

N (%)

N (%)

p

N (%)

N (%)

p

N (%)

N (%)

p

N (%)

N (%)

p

N (%)

N (%)

p

Reason for No Surgery 

Not part of planned first course treatment

17,095

(82.1)

2411

(80.2)

0.01

 411

 (80.0)

 51

(63.8)

< 0.01

 569

(77.2)

68

(70.1) 

0.12

 4611

(79.9)

 525

(76.2)

0.02

 11,504

(83.4)

1767

(82.5)

0.29

3829

(76.2)

468

(71.2)

< 0.01

Contraindicated due to patient factors

2061

(9.9)

281

(9.3)

0.33

 41

(8.0)

 6

(7.5)

0.88

 71

(9.6)

 10

(10.3)

0.83

 653

(11.3)

78

(11.3) 

1.00

 1296

(9.4)

187

(8.7)

0.32

500

(10.0)

71

(10.8)

0.53

Patient died prior to surgery

236

(1.1)

45

(1.5)

0.09

 5

(1.0)

 0

(0.0)

0.38

 15

(2.0)

 4

(4.1)

0.2

 76

(1.3)

11

(1.6) 

0.55

 140

(1.0)

30

(1.4)

0.11

73

(1.5)

13

(2.0)

0.31

Recommended but not performed; no reason recorded

514

(2.5)

71

(2.4)

0.72

 18

(3.5)

4

(5.0) 

0.51

 31

(4.21)

 2

(2.06)

0.31

 147

(2.6)

19

(2.8) 

0.74

 318

(2.3)

46

(2.2)

0.65

198

(4.0)

27

(4.1)

0.86

Refused by patient, family or guardian

908

(4.4)

200

(6.7)

< 0.01

 39

(7.6)

 19

(23.8)

< 0.01

 51

(6.9)

13

(13.4) 

0.02

 284

(4.9)

56

(8.1) 

< 0.01

 534

(3.9)

112

(5.2)

< 0.00

391

(7.8)

78

(11.9)

< 0.01

 Reason for No Chemotherapy 

Not part of planned first course treatment

33,856

(87.5)

3178

(84.1)

 < 0.01

14386

(94.8)

1108

(95.0)

0.68

2658

(87.1)

224

(82.0)

0.02

8828

(84.6)

724

(78.4)

< 0.01

7984

(79.7)

1122

(79.1)

0.64

5612

(87.05)

658

(83.8)

0.01

Contraindicated due to patient risk factors

1314

(3.4)

186

(4.9)

 < 0.01

 162

(1.1)

 14

(1.2)

0.67

 78

(2.6)

 14

(5.13)

0.01

 420

(4.0)

 66

(7.1)

< 0.01

 654

(6.5)

 92

(6.5)

0.96

246

(3.8)

46

(5.9)

< 0.01

Patient died prior to chemotherapy

540

(1.4)

91

(2.4)

< 0.01

 22

(0.1)

 1

(0.1)

0.6

 23

(0.8)

8

(2.9) 

< 0.00

 226

(2.2)

 38

(4.1)

< 0.01

 269

(2.7)

 44

(3.1)

0.37

83

(1.3)

13

(1.7)

0.39

Recommended but not performed; no reason recorded

375

(1.0)

60

(1.6)

< 0.01

 94

(0.6)

 10

(0.9)

0.32a

 33

(1.1)

 4

(1.5)

0.56

 156

(1.5)

 18

(1.9)

0.28

 92

(0.9)

 28

(2.0)

< 0.00

44

(0.7)

11

(1.4)

0.03

Refused by patient, family or guardian

2634

(6.8)

264

(7.0)

0.76

 519

(3.4)

 33

(2.8)

0.28

 259

(8.5)

 23

(8.42)

0.97

 806

(7.7)

 78

(8.4)

0.43

 1023

(10.2)

 132

(9.3)

0.29

462

(7.2)

57

(7.3)

0.92