Table 6.
Agreement between primary reasons for not recommending chemotherapy extracted from patient charts vs. patient age and Charlson co-morbidity index
| Oncologists’ reasons for not recommending adjuvant chemotherapy | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Co-morbidities N = 62 (100%) |
Age N = 25 (100%) |
Frailty N = 24 (100%) |
Total |
|||
|
Charlson comorbidity index |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0 |
22 |
(35) |
15 |
(60) |
11 |
(46) |
48 |
| 1 |
14 |
(23) |
5 |
(20) |
6 |
(25) |
25 |
| 2 or more |
26 |
(42) |
5 |
(20) |
7 |
(29) |
38 |
|
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| <65 |
6 |
(10) |
0 |
|
0 |
|
6 |
| 65-69 |
3 |
(5) |
0 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
| 70-74 |
9 |
(15) |
0 |
|
3 |
(13) |
12 |
| ≥ 75 | 44 | (70) | 25 | (100) | 21 | (87) | 90 |