Skip to main content
. 2012 Apr 1;2012:803239. doi: 10.1155/2012/803239

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with refractory metastatic breast cancer at baseline.

THL-P (n = 30) Placebo (n = 14) P value
Demographics

Age (years)a 60.7 ± 9.5 58.7 ± 7.6 0.507
Height (cm)a 155.3 ± 5.9 156.5 ± 5.4 0.512
Weight (kg)a 57.6 ± 8.1 59.3 ± 10.5 0.554
T stage, n (%)b
 T1 4 (13.4) 1 (7.2) 0.968
 T2 12 (40.0) 7 (50.0)
 T3 7 (23.3) 3 (21.4)
 T4 7 (23.3) 3 (21.4)
Lymph nodes, n (%)b
 N0 10 (33.3) 3 (12.4) 0.306
 N1 6 (20.0) 2 (14.3)
 N2 4 (13.4) 2 (14.3)
 N3 10 (33.3) 7 (50.0)
Metastasis, n (%)b
 M1 30 (100) 14 (100) N/A
Duration of onset (years)c 3.5 (2.0, 7.0) 4.1 (2.7, 5.4) 0.970

EORTO-QLQ-C30

GHS/QOL c 37.5 (16.7, 50.0) 50.0 (25.0, 66.7) 0.082
Functional scales
 Physicalc 60.0 (46.7, 73.3) 70.0 (46.7, 86.7) 0.336
 Rolec 66.7 (33.3, 83.3) 66.7 (33.3, 100.0) 0.643
 Emotionalc 66.7 (50.0, 83.3) 75. 0 (58.3, 91.7) 0.469
 Cognitivec 66.7 (50.0, 83.3) 83.3 (66.7, 83.3) 0.118
 Socialc 66.7 (33.3, 100.0) 66.7 (66.7, 100.0) 0.711
Symptom scales
 Fatiguec 55.6 (33.3, 66.7) 38.9 (22.2, 55.6) 0.273
 Nausea and vomitingc 0 (0, 16.7) 0 (0, 0) 0.362
 Painc 33.3 (0, 66.7) 8.3 (0, 50.0) 0.382
Single items
 Dyspnoeac 33.3 (0, 66.7) 0 (0, 33.3) 0.069
 Insomniac 33.3 (0, 33.3) 33.3 (0, 66.7) 0.608
 Appetite lossc 33.3 (0, 66.7) 0 (0, 33.3) 0.367
 Constipationc 0 (0, 33.3) 0 (0, 33.3) 0.403
 Diarrhoeac 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 33.3) 0.523
 Financial difficultiesc 33.3 (0, 33.3) 33.3 (0, 33.3) 0.746

THL-P: Tien-Hsien liquid practical: EORTO-QLQ-C30: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30; GHS: global health status; QOL: quality of life.

P values were determined via the independent, two sample t-testa, Fisher's exact testb, and Mann-Whitney U testc. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviationa, number (percentage)b, and median (interquartile)c.