Waiting times for radiotherapy: variation over time and between cancer networks in southeast England David Robinson, Tom Massey & Henrik Møller Thames Cancer Registry

Sites studied Head & neck Oesophagus Colon Rectum Brain (invasive & benign) Non-melanoma skin cancer Breast (invasive & in- situ) Uterus Prostate Bladder Lung Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Logistic regression analysis (RT received within 60 days of diagnosis) Network of residence Year of diagnosis Cancer site IMD2000 quintile (income domain) Age at diagnosis Sex Survival

Conclusions Waiting times for RT have increased over the study period There is considerable variation between cancer networks Short waits not necessarily equivalent to best clinical practice Further site-specific analyses in progress