Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the entire sample and of the patients with colon and breast cancer who went to the Medical Oncology department to decide on adjuvant treatment after curative resection of the cancer
Demographic and clinical characteristics | TOTAL (n = 497) | Colon cancer (n = 266) | Breast cancer (n = 231) | t/χ2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender: n (%) | |||||
Women | 337 (67.8) | 111 (58) | 231 (100) | 178.288 | 0.001 |
Men | 160 (34.5) | 155 (42) | 0 | ||
Age (years): mean (SD) | 58.4 (12.1) | 63.1 (11.1) | 52.9 (11.0) | 9.791 | 0.001 |
Marital Status: | |||||
Married/ partnered: n (%) | 342 (68.8) | 194 (72.9) | 148 (72.9) | 2.970 | 0.085 |
Educational level: n (%) | |||||
Basic | 362 (72.8) | 206 (84.7) | 156 (76.8) | 4.546 | 0.033 |
Intermediate | 135 (27.2) | 60 (15.3) | 75 (23.2) | ||
Unemployed: n (%) | 281 (56.5) | 163 (61.2) | 88 (38.0) | 10.462 | 0.001 |
Tumor stage: n (%) | |||||
I-II | 297 (59.8) | 89 (33.5) | 208 (90.1) | 204.075 | 0.001 |
III | 200 (40.2) | 177 (66.5) | 23 (9.9) | ||
Time to diagnosis (days): mean (SD) | 176 (99) | 192 (107) | 156 (83) | 2.213 | 0.027 |
Type of adjuvant treatment | |||||
Chemotherapy | 331 (66.6) | 255 (95.8) | 76 (32.9) | 220.344 | 0.001 |
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy | 166 (33.4) | 11 (4.2) | 155 (67.1) | ||
Risk of relapse (%): mean (SD) | 37.6 (37.6) | 43.8 (21.1) | 30.4 (15.8) | 7.859 | 0.001 |