Category: the values do not entirely factor in the pre-existing cancer caseloads. Moreover
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the report reconnoitered the effects of absolute variations by calculating the ratio of cancer incidence per CNS per patient relative to the mean for the hospital. The cancer nurse specialist to cancer incidence ratio is shown in Table 5 below.
Table 7: The cancer nurse specialist to cancer incidence ratio
Cancer Type Cancer Incidence Staff Level Nurse Specialist to Incidence Ratio England Cancer Type 652 27.0 0.04 Colorectal Cancer 132 6 0.23 Pancreatic Cancer 26 2 0.08 Lung Cancer 179 2 0.01 Skin Cancer 39 1 0.03 Breast Cancer 22 7 0.32 Prostate Cancer 157 2 0.01 Kidney Cancer 37 3 0.08 Bladder Cancer 44 2 0.05 Non-Hodgkin;s Lymphoma 16 2 0.13 The analysis in Table 7 above indicates the cancer incidence per specialist nurse. However
the report reconnoitered the effects of absolute variations by calculating the ratio of cancer incidence per CNS per patient relative to the mean for the hospital. The cancer nurse specialist to cancer incidence ratio is shown in Table 5 below. Table 7: The cancer nurse specialist to cancer incidence ratio Cancer Type Cancer Incidence Staff…