Table1.
Patient background
| Number of patients | 471 |
|---|---|
| Sex (male/female) | 264/207 |
| Age, year (mean±SDa) | 69.3±11.4 |
| Origin n (%) | |
| lung | 78 (16.6) |
| gastric | 75 (15.9) |
| colorectal | 68 (14.4) |
| pancreas | 62 (13.1) |
| liver | 47 (10.0) |
| uterus/adnexa | 27 (5.7) |
| renal/urinary tract | 27 (5.7) |
| oesophageal | 22 (4.7) |
| breast | 21 (4.5) |
| biliary tract | 19 (4.0) |
| head and neck | 12 (2.5) |
| small intestine | 3 (0.6) |
| hematopoietic organs | 1 (0.2) |
| thymus | 1 (0.2) |
| unknown | 8 (1.7) |
| Evaluation week n (%) | |
| before death 3–4W | 172 (36.5) |
| before death 2–3W | 122 (25.9) |
| before death 1–2W | 106 (22.5) |
| before death 0–1W | 71 (15.1) |
a, SD, Standard deviation