Table 2:
Cancer and treatment characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics | All respondents (n=334) |
High financial toxicity (n=162) |
Low financial toxicity (n=172) |
P value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer site | ||||
| Ovarian | 209 (63) | 104 (64) | 105 (61) | <0.001 |
| Uterine | 76 (23) | 25 (15) | 51 (30) | |
| Cervical | 49 (15) | 33 (20) | 16 (10) | |
| Stage | ||||
| I | 102 (31) | 45 (28) | 57 (33) | 0.72 |
| II | 35 (10) | 20 (12) | 15 (9) | |
| III | 132 (40) | 64 (40) | 68 (40) | |
| IV | 40 (12) | 21 (13) | 19 (11) | |
| Not sure | 25 (7) | 12 (7) | 13 (8) | |
| Years since diagnosis | 5 (2-10) | 5 (2-9) | 5 (2-10) | 0.74 |
| Initial treatment | ||||
| Surgery and chemotherapy | 195 (58) | 95 (59) | 100 (58) | 0.76 |
| Surgery followed by radiation | 16 (5) | 6 (4) | 10 (6) | |
| Surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation | 22 (7) | 10 (6) | 12 (7) | |
| Chemotherapy and radiation | 6 (2) | 4 (2) | 2 (1) | |
| Surgery only | 88 (26) | 43 (27) | 45 (26) | |
| Chemotherapy only | 5 (2) | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | |
| Other | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| Type of initial surgery | ||||
| Open | 211 (66) | 98 (64) | 113 (68) | 0.32 |
| Laparoscopic | 95 (30) | 46 (30) | 49 (29) | |
| Not sure | 15 (5) | 10 (6) | 5 (3) | |
| Complications from surgery | 52 (16) | 33 (21) | 19 (11) | 0.02 |
| Cancer recurred | 82 (25) | 44 (27) | 38 (22) | 0.28 |
| Current condition of disease | ||||
| In remission | 193 (58) | 84 (52) | 109 (63) | 0.08 |
| On active treatment | 94 (28) | 55 (34) | 39 (23) | |
| Receiving palliative care or hospice | 3 (1) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | |
| Other or missing | 44 (13) | 21 (13) | 23 (13) |
Values reported as N (%) or median (interquartile range) Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
a
Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables.