Breast cancer survivors’ recollection of their illness and therapy seven years after enrolment into a randomised controlled clinical trial

Table 2 Demographic and medical characteristics of patient participants (n = 133)

		No. of patients	% of patients
Age (Mean ± s.d. 64.2 ± 10.8, range 41–92)
	<50	8	6
	50–59	45	34
	60–69	36	27
	70–79	31	23
	80+	13	10
Months since surgery (Mean ± s.d. 84.8 ± 5.6, range 74–96)
Marital status
	Married	101	76
	Unmarried	4	3
	Divorced	14	11
	Widowed	14	11
Children
	Children	113	85
	No children	10	8
	Unknown	10	8
Employment status
	Employed full time	20	15
	Employed part time	27	20
	Retired/ not employed	80	60
	Unknown	4	3
Educational level
	Did not finish school	2	2
	Compulsory	61	46
	Advanced vocational	56	50
	University	10	8
	Unknown	6	5
Cancer stage at diagnosis
	UICC 0	2	2
	UICC I	68	52
	UICC II (II a and b)	39	29
	UICC III (III a, b, c)	21	16
	Unknown	3	2
Surgical procedure
	Breast conserving therapy	106	80
	Mastectomy	27	20
Treatment (first year after surgery)
	Chemotherapy	94	71
	Radiotherapy	118	89
	Endocrine therapy	113	85
	Anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody	11	8
Recurrent cancer		15	11

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