Table 1 Characteristics of ovarian cancer patients according to age
From: Under-treatment of elderly patients with ovarian cancer: a population based study
Age | ≤70 years (N = 703) | >70 years (N = 448) | P value for Chi2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Stage | <0.0001 | ||||
I | 172 | 24.5 % | 54 | 12.1 % | |
II | 47 | 6.7 % | 24 | 5.4 % | |
III | 328 | 46.7 % | 227 | 50.7 % | |
IV | 122 | 17.4 % | 115 | 25.7 % | |
Unkown | 34 | 4.8 % | 28 | 6.3 % | |
Grade | 0.0003 (0.0676*) | ||||
1 | 62 | 8.8 % | 19 | 4.3 % | |
2 | 120 | 17.1 % | 61 | 13.6 % | |
3 | 150 | 21.3 % | 79 | 17.6 % | |
Unkown | 371 | 52.8 % | 289 | 64.5 % | |
Histology | <0.0001 | ||||
Epithelial | 655 | 93.2 % | 379 | 84.6 % | |
Other | 39 | 5.6 % | 8 | 1.8 % | |
No histology | 9 | 1.3 % | 61 | 13.6 % | |
Treatment location | 0.0137 (0.0676*) | ||||
Private | 386 | 54.9 % | 265 | 59.1 % | |
Public Univ. | 240 | 34.1 % | 120 | 26.8 % | |
Public non-Univ. | 51 | 7.3 % | 33 | 7.4 % | |
Unkown | 26 | 3.7 % | 30 | 6.7 % | |
Period of diagnosis | 0.5509 | ||||
≤2002 | 279 | 39.7 % | 164 | 36.6 % | |
2003–2007 | 220 | 31.3 % | 144 | 32.1 % | |
≥2008 | 204 | 29,0 % | 140 | 31.3 % | |
Area of residence | 0.5343 | ||||
Urban | 598 | 85.6 % | 387 | 86.4 % | |
Rural | 105 | 14.9 % | 61 | 13.6 % | |