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. 2009 Oct 7;15(37):4709–4714. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4709

Table 2.

Primary malignancy in 1280 patients with 1348 TIVADs for long-term intravenous chemotherapy n (%)

Malignancy Patients TIVADs
Colorectal 354 (27.7) 359 (26.6)
Lung 348 (27.2) 367 (27.2)
Head and Neck 139 (10.8) 150 (11.1)
Breast 103 (8.0) 109 (8.1)
Gastric 78 (6.1) 91 (6.8)
Hematogenous 70 (5.5) 76 (5.6)
H-B-P 69 (5.5) 72 (5.4)
Esophageal 41 (3.2) 43 (3.2)
Urologic 40 (3.1) 40 (3.0)
Gynecologic 12 (0.9) 14 (1.0)
Others1 26 (2.0) 27 (2.0)
Total 1280 (100) 1348 (100)
1

Others include skin, brain, bone, sarcoma and unknown primary origin. H-B-P: Hepato-biliary-pancreatic.