Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population
| |
All cancers (n=6675) |
Lung (n=2367) |
Breast (n=1739) |
CRC (n=1860) |
Liver (n=709) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | No. of patients (%) | No. of patients (%) | No. of patients (%) | No. of patients (%) | No. of patients (%) |
|
Age (Mean ± SD) |
62.4 ± 11.3 |
65.5 ± 11.3 |
56.3 ± 13.3 |
64.7 ± 13.8 |
61.0 ± 11.3 |
|
Gender | |||||
| Female |
4081(61.14) |
1232(52.05) |
1739(100) |
949(51.02) |
161(22.71) |
| Male |
2594(38.86) |
1135(47.95) |
|
911(48.98) |
548(77.29) |
|
Ethnicity | |||||
| Caucasian |
4758(71.28) |
1780(75.2) |
1123(64.58) |
1403(75.43) |
452(63.75) |
| Black |
1445(21.65) |
468(19.77) |
491(28.23) |
359(19.3) |
127(17.91) |
| Others |
472(7.07) |
119(5.03) |
125(7.19) |
98(5.28) |
130(18.33) |
|
Tumor stages | |||||
| Stage 0 |
325(4.87) |
1(0.04) |
264(15.18) |
60(3.23) |
|
| Stage 1 |
1764(26.43) |
533(22.52) |
605(34.79) |
419(22.53) |
207(29.2) |
| Stage 2 |
1272(19.06) |
158(6.68) |
527(30.3) |
454(24.41) |
133(18.76) |
| Stage 3 |
1207(18.08) |
465(19.65) |
164(9.43) |
418(22.47) |
160(22.57) |
| Stage 4 |
1659(24.85) |
1042(44.02) |
119(6.84) |
385(20.7) |
113(15.94) |
| Unknown |
448(6.71) |
168(7.09) |
60(3.45) |
124(6.67) |
96(13.54) |
|
Tumor grades | |||||
| Well |
515(7.71) |
124(5.24) |
155(8.91) |
172(9.25) |
64(9.03) |
| Moderately |
2260(33.86) |
427(18.04) |
575(33.06) |
1138(61.18) |
120(16.93) |
| Poorly |
1514(22.68) |
630(26.62) |
605(34.79) |
250(13.44) |
29(4.09) |
| Not determined |
2386(35.75) |
1186(50.1) |
404(23.23) |
300(16.13) |
496(69.96) |
|
Chemotherapy | |||||
| No |
2258(33.83) |
258(10.9) |
989(56.87) |
918(49.35) |
93(13.12) |
| Yes |
2865(42.92) |
948(40.05) |
705(40.54) |
840(45.16) |
372(52.47) |
| Unknown |
1552(23.25) |
1161(49.05) |
45(2.59) |
102(5.48) |
244(34.41) |
|
Radiation | |||||
| No |
2933(43.94) |
208(8.79) |
1097(63.08) |
1492(80.22) |
136(19.18) |
| Yes |
1929(28.9) |
970(40.98) |
582(33.47) |
335(18.01) |
42(5.92) |
| Unknown |
1813(27.16) |
1189(50.23) |
60(3.45) |
33(1.77) |
531(74.89) |
|
Surgery | |||||
| No |
1134(16.99) |
615(25.98) |
95(5.46) |
210(11.29) |
214(30.18) |
| Yes |
4832(72.39) |
1200(50.7) |
1644(94.54) |
1650(88.71) |
338(47.67) |
| Unknown |
709(10.62) |
552(23.32) |
|
|
157(22.14) |
|
Vital status | |||||
| Alive |
3133(46.94) |
572(24.17) |
1374(79.01) |
986(53.01) |
201(28.35) |
| Dead | 3542(53.06) | 1795(75.83) | 365(20.99) | 874(46.99) | 508(71.65) |