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Table 1 Number of patients receiving VA therapy

From: Health services research of integrative oncology in palliative care of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

 

Total

 

Female

 

Male

 

VA therapy in general

176

73.3 %

93

75.0 %

83

71.6 %

Subcutaneous total

157

89.2 %

82

88.2 %

75

90.4 %

Intravenous total

62

35.2 %

32

34.4 %

30

36.1 %

Intratumoral total

34

19.3 %

13

14.0 %

21

24.4 %

Other total

4

2.2 %

3

3.2 %

1

1.2 %

Subcutaneous only

93

52.8 %

55

59.1 %

38

45.8 %

Intravenous only

6

3.4 %

5

5.4 %

1

1.2 %

Intratumoral only

6

3.4 %

2

2.2 %

4

4.8 %

Subcutaneous/intravenous

38

21.6 %

17

18.3 %

21

25.3 %

Subcutaneous/intratumoral

10

5.7 %

1

1.1 %

9

10.8 %

Intravenous/intratumoral

1

0.6 %

  

1

1.2 %

Subcutaneous/intravenous/intratumoral

15

8.5 %

8

8.6 %

7

8.4 %

  1. The percentages in the first row refer to the total number of patients, other percentages refer to the number of patients receiving VA therapy