TABLE I.
Study population: demographic characteristics by tumour type
| Characteristic | Cancer type |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast | Lung | Colorectal | Prostate | |
| Patients (n) | 74 | 68 | 70 | 70 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean | 51.6 | 64.1 | 63.1 | 68.4 |
| Range | 29–78 | 39–81 | 26–85 | 51–87 |
| Sex (n) | ||||
| Male | 2 | 33 | 44a | 70 |
| Female | 72 | 35 | 25a | 0 |
| Mean treatment duration (days) | 424.4 | 218.6 | 327.7 | 339.5 |
| Family income [n (%)] | ||||
| $0–$19,900 | 7 (9.5) | 9 (13.2) | 6 (8.6) | 8 (11.4) |
| $20,000–$39,900 | 13 (17.6) | 20 (29.4) | 17 (24.3) | 20 (28.6) |
| $40,000–$59,900 | 13 (17.6) | 9 (13.2) | 16 (22.9) | 13 (18.6) |
| $60,000–$79,900 | 11 (14.9) | 6 (8.8) | 9 (12.9) | 7 (10.0) |
| $80,000+ | 21 (28.4) | 7 (10.3) | 12 (17.1) | 11 (15.7) |
| Missing/don’t know | 9 (12.2) | 17 (25.0) | 10 (14.3) | 11 (15.7) |
a
One patient did not complete the full demographic section; that respondent’s sex is therefore unknown.