TABLE 2
FROM:
How doctors record breaking bad news in ovarian cancer
J M Kirwan, D G Tincello, T Lavender and R E Kingston
BACK TO ARTICLETable 2. Diagnostic words recorded in the 304 patients where there was an entry
| Diagnostic words recorded | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Operation | 84 | 27.5 |
| Diagnosis | 79 | 25.8 |
| Histology | 68 | 22.2 |
| Cancer | 60 | 19.6 |
| Findings | 45 | 14.7 |
| Tumour | 35 | 11.4 |
| Malignant | 34 | 11.1 |
| Cyst | 12 | 3.9 |
| Disease, mass | 10 | 3.3 |
| Carcinoma, situation | 7 | 2.3 |
| Results, procedure, lump, procedure and condition | 4 | 1.3 |
| Primary, growth and serious problem | 3 | 1.0 |
| Problem, abnormal cells, could not remove/separate, disease remains | 2 | 0.7 |
| Cytology, cells, looked odd, microscopic deposits, swelling, not simple, nasty, benign, secondaries, abnormal, neoplasm, tissue diagnosis, metastases, all removed, macroscopic clearance, suspicious, lesion and adherent | 1 | 0.3 |
