Table 1. Patients' characteristics by phase of treatment at recruitment.

				Treatment phase
	All (N=199)			Initial diagnosis (N=45)			Completion first treatment (N=48)			Remission (N=46)			Relapse (N=27)			Specialist palliative care (N=33)
	N	Mean	s.d.	N	Mean	s.d.	N	Mean	s.d.	N	Mean	s.d.	N	Mean	s.d.	N	Mean	s.d.	P-value
Age in years	191	61.2	11.8	45	60.0	11.1	43	60.3	11.1	45	61.2	11.6	25	61.7	13.2	33	63.2	13.4	0.810
	N		%	N		%	N		%	N		%	N		%	N		%
Gender
Male	63		31.7	14		30.4	15		32.6	13		27.7	11		42.3	10		29.4	0.765
Female	136		68.3	32		69.6	31		67.4	34		72.3	15		57.7	24		70.6
Marital status
Single	35		17.6	11		23.9	7		15.2	8		17.0	6		23.1	3		8.8
Married/cohabiting	121		60.8	27		58.7	30		65.2	24		51.1	17		65.4	23		67.7	0.190
Formerly marrieda	41		20.6	8		17.4	7		15.2	15		31.9	3		11.5	8		23.5
Household (lives with)
Alone	56		28.1	15		32.6	11		23.9	18		38.3	5		19.2	7		20.6
Spouse/partner only	77		38.7	15		32.6	15		32.6	16		34.0	13		50.0	18		52.9	0.520
Anyone else	62		31.2	15		32.6	19		41.3	12		25.5	7		26.9	9		26.5
Socio-economic class
Group Ab	111		55.8	18		39.1	29		63.0	27		57.5	15		57.7	22		64.7	0.137
Group Bc	74		37.2	22		47.8	16		34.8	18		38.3	10		38.5	8		23.5
Ethnicity
White British	150		75.4	33		71.7	36		78.3	36		76.6	19		73.1	26		76.5
Any other White background	18		9.1	4		8.7	3		6.5	6		12.8	2		7.7	3		8.8
Black/Black mixed background	15		7.5	5		10.9	2		4.4	2		4.3	3		11.5	3		8.8	0.497
Asian/Asian mixed background	6		3.0	1		2.2	0		0.0	3		6.4	2		7.7	0		0.0
Any other background	8		4.0	3		6.6	4		8.7	0		0.0	0		0.0	1		2.9

^aFormerly married=separated, divorced or widowed.

^bGroup A=Socio-economic classes I, II and III non-manual.

^cGroup B=Socio-economic classes III manual, IV, V and housewife/househusband.