Table 3 GP's role in diagnosis and therapy

Diagnostic process

N

%

N

%

   Diagnosis after clinical suspicion

994

59

282

73

   Chance Discovery

270

16

54

14

   Diagnosis after screening in asymptomatic patient

313

19

32

9

   Implication of GP in the diagnostic procedure

1310

78

319

83

   Personal GP took diagnostic initiative

1223

73

257

67

   Another GP took diagnostic initiative

87

5

62

16

   Patient feared having cancer

455

27

33

9

Therapy

   Organisation of health care decided treatment team

259

15

309

80

   Treatment team reputation contributed to choice

820

49

54

14

   Patient or family contributed to choice

489

29

47

12

   GP implicated in choice of cancer treatment

223

13

15

4

   GP implicated in dealing with side effects of treatment

910

54

180

47

   GP implicated in administering chemotherapy

68

4

34

9