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Table 5 Causes of Chemotherapy Discontinuations in Elderly and Younger Group Patients

From: Clinical symptoms and chemotherapy completion in elderly patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia: a retrospective comparison study with a younger cohort

Causes

Young

(n = 69)*

Elderly

(n = 92)*

P value**

Severe clinical AL symptoms

15 (21.7)

39 (42.4)

0.06

Economic difficulty

46 (66.7)

34 (37.0)

<0.001

Could not tolerate adverse effects

2 (2.9)

11 (12.0)

0.037

Unknown

6 (8.7)

8 (8.6)

0.896

  1. *: The data were presented as number (%)
  2. **: The χ2 test was used for the statistical analysis.
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