Table 4 Demographic and cancer characteristics by treatment patterns
From: Under-treatment of elderly patients with ovarian cancer: a population based study
No treatment | Surgery alone | Surgery + Chemotherapy | Chemotherapy alone or neo adjuvant | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mod. | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Age | <= 70 years | 28 | 3.9 % | 138 | 19.7 | 402 | 57.3 | 134 | 19 | <0.0001 |
>70 years | 96 | 21.5 % | 93 | 20.9 % | 142 | 31.9 | 115 | 25.8 | ||
Stage | 1-II | 1 | 0.3 % | 149 | 50.2 % | 139 | 46.8 % | 8 | 2.7 % | <0.0001 |
III | 50 | 9.0 % | 45 | 8.1 % | 325 | 58.7 % | 134 | 24.2 % | ||
IV | 46 | 19.6 % | 17 | 7.2 % | 70 | 29.8 % | 102 | 43.4 % | ||
Unkown | 27 | 43.6 % | 20 | 32.3 % | 10 | 16.1 % | 5 | 8.1 % | ||
Grade | 1 | 2 | 2.5 % | 31 | 38.3 % | 34 | 41.9 % | 14 | 17.3 % | <0.0001 |
2 | 4 | 2.2 % | 32 | 17.8 % | 108 | 60 % | 36 | 20 % | ||
3 | 9 | 3.9 % | 22 | 9.7 % | 133 | 58.3 % | 64 | 28.1 % | ||
Unkown | 109 | 16.5 % | 146 | 22.2 % | 269 | 40.8 % | 135 | 20.5 % | ||
Histology | No histology | 58 | 82.9 % | 0 | 0 % | 1 | 1.4 % | 11 | 15.7 % | <0.0001 |
Other | 0 | 0 % | 30 | 63.8 % | 16 | 34.0 % | 1 | 2.1 % | ||
Epithelial | 66 | 6.4 % | 201 | 19.5 % | 527 | 52.1 % | 237 | 22.9 % | ||
Period of diagnosis | <=2002 | 46 | 10.4 % | 99 | 22.4 % | 219 | 49.6 % | 78 | 17.7 % | 0.0003 |
2003–2007 | 34 | 9.4 % | 64 | 17.7 % | 193 | 53.2 % | 72 | 19.8 % | ||
> = 2008 | 44 | 12.9 % | 68 | 19.8 % | 132 | 34.5 % | 99 | 28.9 % | ||
Treat. | Private | 41 | 6 % | 141 | 21.7 % | 336 | 51.8 % | 131 | 20.2 % | 0.0001 |
location | Public Univ | 33 | 9.2 % | 62 | 17. | 163 | 45.4 % | 101 | 28.1 % | |
Public non-Univ | 20 | 23.8 % | 24 | 28.6 % | 30 | 35.7 % | 30 | 11.9 % | ||
Unknown | 30 | 53.6 % | 4 | 7.1 % | 15 | 26.8 % | 7 | 12.5 % | ||
Area of residence | Rural | 17 | 10.3 % | 34 | 20.6 % | 82 | 49.7 % | 32 | 19.4 % | 0.8609 |
Urban | 1077 | 10.9 % | 197 | 20.0 % | 462 | 47 % | 217 | 22.1 % | ||