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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Oct 30;21(11):2108–2117. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0740

Table 2.

Cancer Related Characteristics of Survivors in the 2010 National Health Interview Survey(n=1,822)

Raw N Weighted %

Site of Most Recent Cancer Female Breast 398 19.8
Prostate 261 15.5
Melanoma 153 10.5
Cervix 143 7.8
Colorectal 143 7.6
Hematologic Malignancies 106 6.6
Short Survival Cancers 102 5.6
Other 427 24.5
Unknown# 35 2.1
Missing¥ 54
Time Since Last Diagnosis, years ≤1 256 15.7
2–5 440 28.5
6–10 347 20.3
11+ 611 35.5
Ever had a recurrence Yes 185 11.8
No 1463 88.2
Treatment Status Current 109 6.3
Within the past 12 months 154 9.5
Not in the past 12 months 1389 84.2
Number of Cancers 1 1633 89.6
≥2 189 10.4
Treatments Received (% Yes) Surgery 1145 69.8
Radiation 449 26.8
Chemotherapy 422 25.6
Hormonal Therapy 113 7.0
Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant 8 0.5
None 98 5.9

Numbers may not sum to 1,822 due to missing data for some variables.

#

Last cancer site “unknown” was either due to multiple cancers diagnosed in the same calendar year or missing data on year of diagnosis for one or more reported cancers.

¥

54 cases were defined as missing on cancer site and time since diagnosis due to improbable combinations of cancer site and age at diagnosis.