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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: No evidence to support the impact of migration background on treatment response rates and cancer survival: a retrospective matched-pair analysis in Germany

 

Patients

Native Germans

Germans with migrant background

p-value

n

%

n

%

Total

211

100.0

211

100.0

 

Sex

Female

116

55.0

115

54.5

0.796a

Male

95

45.0

96

45.5

Age

< 31

9

4.3

17

8.1

0.174b

31–60

107

50.7

116

55

61–80

90

42.7

72

34.1

> 80

5

2.4

6

2.8

Tumor entities

Head and neck cancer

15

7.1

15

7.1

N.d.c

Gastrointestinal cancer

20

9.5

20

9.5

Lung cancer

5

2.4

5

2.4

Skin cancer

19

9.0

19

9.0

Gynecologic cancer

64

30.3

64

30.3

Urological cancer

35

16.6

35

16.6

CNS cancer

19

9.0

19

9.0

Thyroid cancer

12

5.7

12

5.7

Tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues

22

10.4

22

10.4

Treatment

None

3

1.4

3

1.4

N.d.

Chemotherapy

20

9.5

20

9.5

Radiotherapy

2

0.9

2

0.9

Resection

70

33.2

70

33.2

Radiotherapy + resection

32

15.2

32

15.2

Chemoradiotherapy

10

4.7

10

4.7

Chemotherapy + stem cell therapy

6

2.8

6

2.8

Chemotherapy + resection

27

12.8

27

12.8

Chemoradiotherapy + resection

41

19.4

41

19.4

  1. a McNemar’s test
  2. b Bowker’s test
  3. c Not done because of small sample size