Table 2.
Univariate Analysis for determining the Significance of Tumour spread after Biopsy
| Tumour spread after Biopsy1 | Significance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable Category | Yes | No | p value |
| n(%) | n(%) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 112(40.3%) | 166(59.7%) | 0.47 |
| Female | 101(43.5%) | 131(56.5%) | |
| Education | |||
| None | 8(53.3.3%) | 7(46.7%) | |
| Primary to matric | 16(27.6%) | 42(72.4%) | 0.09 |
| Inter- to Graduation | 137(43.1%) | 181(56.9%) | |
| Professional | 51(44%) | 65(56%) | |
| KIRAN v/s AKUH | |||
| KIRAN2 | 35(47.9%) | 38(52.1%) | 0.25 |
| AKUH3 | 178(40.7%) | 259(59.3%) | |
| KIRAN + Oncology clinic v/s Med. clinic | |||
| KIRAN + Onc.4 | 62(42.2%) | 85(57.8%) | |
| Clinic | 0.92 | ||
| Medicine clinic | 151(41.6%) | 212(58.4%) | |
| People involved in work up of cancer patients | 0.92 | ||
| Yes | 70(41.4%) | 99(58.6%) | |
| No | 143(41.9%) | 198(58.1%) | |
| People who believe that cancer is contagious | 0.02 | ||
| Yes | 33(56.9%) | 25(43.1%) | |
| No | 175(39.6%) | 267(60.4%) | |
1Only people with Yes or No response were included
2 Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine
3 Aga Khan University Hospital
4 Oncology Clinic