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. 2023 Nov 15;113(2):288–300. doi: 10.1007/s00392-023-02323-z

Table 2.

Main features of active cancer

Site of active cancer (832 patients) Active cancer
n (%)
Lung, n (%) 165 (19.8)
Gastrointestinal, n (%) 175 (21.0)
Urogenital, n (%) 191 (23.0)
Hematological, n (%) 106 (12.7)
Brain, n (%) 35 (4.2)
Other, n (%) 142 (17.1)
Not known, n (%) 18 (2.2)
Metastatic (728 pts), n (%) 419 (57.6)
Ongoing chemotherapy (791 pts)a, n (%) 364 (46.0)
Ongoing radiotherapy (788 pts)a, n (%) 128 (16.2)

aPercentages were evaluated on patients with data available reported in brackets for each variable