Box 1 Questions analysed in this paper

From: Delays in the diagnosis of six cancers: analysis of data from the National Survey of NHS Patients: Cancer

• Q D1: When did you first notice signs or symptoms? (month and year)

• Q D2: Had you visited a GP about this condition before you attended hospital? (Yes/No)

• Q D3: (if answered Yes to D2) After visiting the GP, how long did you have to wait before your first appointment with a hospital doctor (predetermined categories, including cannot remember)?

• Q D5: When did you first see a hospital doctor for your condition? (month and year)

• Q D9: Were you told what was wrong with you during this first hospital appointment, or was it before or after this first hospital appointment? If told after this appointment, then when? (predetermined categories including NA)?

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