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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Compression therapy using surgical gloves does not prevent paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy: results from a double-blind phase 2 trial

Median age

52.5 (23–74)

Treatment

 

Menoposal status

 

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

11 (22.5%)

premenopausal

21 (42.9%)

Adjuvant chemotherapy

32 (65.3%)

postmenopausal

28 (57.1%)

Recurrence chemotherapy

6 (12.2%)

ECOG performance

 

Combined therapy

 

0

48 (98.0%)

Trastuzumab

27 (55.1%)

1

1 (2.0%)

Bevasizumab

6 (12.2%)

Dominant hand

 

No combined therapy

16 (32.7%)

R

48 (98.0%)

History of chemotherapy

 

L

1 (2.0%)

No

20 (40.8%)

Glove size(control side)

 

Yes

29 (59.2%)

5.5

17 (73.9%)

Previous chemotehrapy regimen

 

6.0

23 (46.9%)

Anthracyclin based

28 (57.1%)

6.5

9 (18.4%)

Docetaxel

1 (2.0%)

Location of primary tumor

 

Smoking status

 

R

18 (36.7%)

Never smoker

36 (73.5%)

L

30 (61.2%)

Current smoker

3 (6.1%)

Bilateral

1 (2.0%)

Former smoker

6 (12.2%)

Axillary dissection

 

Unknown

4 (8.2%)

No

26 (55.3%)

Diabetes

 

Yes

21 (44.7%)

No

45 (91.8%)

Subtype of the primary tumor

 

Yes

4 (8.2%)

ER+/HER2-

11 (22.9%)

  

ER+/HER2+

18 (37.5%)

  

ER−/HER2+

8 (16.7%)

  

ER−/HER2-

11 (22.9%)