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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Patients’ perspectives on palliative chemotherapy of colorectal and non - colorectal cancer: a prospective study in a chemotherapy- experienced population

Patients’ characteristics

Entity

 

CRC n=58

Non-CRC n=76

u-GI n=45

NSCLC n=18

SCCHN n=13

all n=134

Age

      

Median (Range)

63 (32-78)

61 (33-86)

   

62 (32-86)

IQR

58-68

54-67

   

55-68

< 60 yrs

20 (34.0%)

35 (46.0%)

18

9

8

55 (41.0%)

60-69 yrs

28 (48.0%)

27 (36.0%)

21

3

3

55 (41.0%)

≥ 70 yrs

10 (17.0%)

14 (18.0%)

6

6

2

24 (18.0%)

Sex

      

Male

45 (78.0%)

50 (70.0%)

28

12

10

95 (71.0%)

Female

13 (22.0%)

26 (17.0%)

17

6

3

39 (29.0%)

Psychological Morbidity *

      

Anxiety

1 (2.0%)

14 (18.0%)

8

2

4

15 (11.0%)

Depression

3 (5.0%)

13 (17.0%)

8

3

2

16 (12.0%)

Median time of CTx

8

4

4

7

3,5

6

at survey (months)°

      

Number of deaths

44 (76.0%)

62 (82.0%)

36

14

12

106 (79.0%)

  1. * Psychological morbidities (anxiety disorder, depression) measured by HADS, 131 responding patients.
  2. ° Median time of CTx at survey in months.