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. 2013 Aug 2;5:205–214. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S45236

Table 2.

Population summary by tumor type (solid tumor or hematologic malignancy)

Solid tumors (n = 1136) Hematological malignancy (n = 276)
Male sex – n (%) 548 (48) 141 (51)
Age – median (Q1, Q3) 64.0 (55.0, 71.0) 68.0 (56.5, 74.0)
Number of chemotherapy cycles completed since initiation – n (%)
 In first cycle 163 (14) 45 (16)
 1–3 477 (42) 124 (45)
 4–6 304 (27) 69 (25)
 >6 192 (17) 38 (14)
Current chemotherapy regimen containsa – n (%)
 Platinum 457 (40) 20 (7)
 Anthracycline 134 (12) 101 (37)
 Taxane 216 (19) 0 (0)
 Missingb 414 (36) 155 (56)
Currently undergoing radio-chemotherapy – n (%) 54 (5) 3 (1)

Notes:

a

Patients may be recorded in multiple chemotherapy type categories;

b

An unexpected number of patients had therapies other than those listed on the case report form and were therefore categorized as ‘missing’.