Data category | Type of guideline | n (%) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Early breast | Advanced breast | Colorectal | Lung | Melanoma | Total |
Category 1 | Level of hospital | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.4%) |
Population-based registry, routine-inpatient data | Surgery; guideline not reliant on clinical stage | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (4.8%) | 3 (7.3%) | 7 (2.9%) |
 | Sub-total | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (6.0%) | 3 (7.3%) | 8 (3.3%) |
Category 2 | Initial diagnostic or staging procedures | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (4.3%) | 14 (16.9% | 3 (7.3%) | 19 (7.8%) |
Core clinical registry | Initial treatment in relation to clinical stage-at-diagnosis or performance status or specific prognostic features of the cancer | 15 (60.0%) | 10 (21.3%) | 23 48.9%)) | 23 (27.7%)) | 25 (61.0%) | 96 (39.5%) |
 | Participation in clinical trial | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.8%) |
 | Assessment by multi-disciplinary team; | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.8%) |
 | Sub-total | 15 (60.0%) | 10 (21.2%) | 25 (53.2%) | 41 (49.4%) | 28 (68.3%) | 119 (49.0%) |
Category 3 | Details of surgery; | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (21.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (4.1%) |
Extended clinical registry medical record review, | Treatments for complications of cancer treatment | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (6.4%) | 2 (4.3%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (2.5%) |
 | Long-term follow-up; | 1 (4.0%) | 3 (6.4%) | 3 (6.4%) | 2 (2.4%) | 4 (9.8%) | 13 (5.3%) |
 | Management of disease progression including pain relief and palliation | 2 (8.0%) | 22 (46.8%) | 6 (12.8%) | 29 (34.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 59 (24.3%) |
 | Sub-total | 3 (12.0%) | 28 (59.6%) | 21 (44.9%) | 32 (38.6%) | 4 (9.8%) | 88 (36.1%) |
Category 4 | Communication and information sharing between clinician and patient | 7 (28.0%) | 9 (19.1%) | 1 (2.1%) | 5 (6.0%) | 6 (14.6%) | 28 (11.5%) |
Patient interview, audio-taping of consultation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Grand total | 25 (100%) | 47 (100%) | 47 (100%) | 83 (100%) | 41 (100%) | 243 (100%) |