Table 1.
Demographic and clinical variables stratified by patient awareness of impact of cancer treatment on fertility (N= 48)
| Clinical and demographic variables | n | Patient awareness of infertility risk |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N= 48) | Yes (n=22)a | No (n=26)a | ||
| Age at Diagnosis | 0.017 | |||
| ≤45 | 30 | 18 (60%) | 12 (40%) | |
| >46 | 18 | 4 (22.2%) | 14 (77.8%) | |
| Stage at diagnosis | ns | |||
| Stage 1 | 23 | 9 (39.1%) | 14 (60.9%) | |
| Stage 2/3 | 23 | 13 (56.5%) | 10 (43.5%) | |
| Other (unknown/unstaged) | 2 | 0 | 2 (100%) | |
| Histologic subtype | ns | |||
| Ductal | 41 | 18 (43.9%) | 23 (56.1%) | |
| Lobular | 3 | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (50%) | |
| Mixedb | 2 | 1 (50%) | 1(50%) | |
| Otherc | 2 | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | |
| Treatment received | ns | |||
| No treatment | 5 | 2 (40%) | 3 (60%) | |
| Treatment(s) including chemo | 23 | 14 (60.9%) | 9 (39.1%) | |
| Treatment(s) excluding chemo | 20 | 6 (30%) | 14 (70%) | |
| Primary payor at diagnosis | ns | |||
| Private insurance | 36 | 16 (44.4%) | 20 (55.6%) | |
| Public insurance | 5 | 2 (40%) | 3 (60%) | |
| No insurance | 4 | 3 (75%) | 1 (25%) | |
| Other | 3 | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | |
| County of diagnosis | ns | |||
| Broward | 24 | 10 (41.7%) | 14 (58.3%) | |
| Hillsborough | 15 | 8 (53.3%) | 7 (46.7%) | |
| Pinellas | 7 | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (42.9%) | |
| Polk | 2 | 0 | 2 (100%) | |
| Country of origin | ns | |||
| USA | 33 | 15 (45.5%) | 18 (54.5%) | |
| Other | 15 | 7 (46.7%) | 8 (53.3%) | |
| Last grade or school-level completed | ns | |||
| High school or less | 8 | 3 (37.5%) | 5 (62.5%) | |
| Vocational school and some college | 15 | 5 (33.3%) | 10 (66.7%) | |
| College graduate and beyond | 22 | 11 (50%) | 11 (50%) | |
| Attended school in another country | 3 | 3 (100%) | 0 | |
| Total household income prior to diagnosis | ns | |||
| <25,000 | 11 | 4 (36.4%) | 7 (63.6%) | |
| ≥25,000–<50,000 | 14 | 7 (50%) | 7 (50%) | |
| ≥50,000 | 18 | 8 (44.4%) | 10 (55.6%) | |
| Refused to answer | 5 | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | |
| Marital status | ns | |||
| Married (including common law) | 23 | 11 (47.8%) | 12 (52.2%) | |
| Otherd | 25 | 11 (44%) | 14 (56%) | |
| Number of children | 0.007 | |||
| None | 3 | 3 (100%) | 0 | |
| ≥One | 38 | 14 (36.8%) | 24 (63.2%) | |
| Refused to answer | 7 | 5 (71.4%) | 2 (28.6%) | |
| Hysterectomy | ns | |||
| Yes | 14 | 3 (21.4%) | 11 (78.6%) | |
| No | 34 | 19 (55.9%) | 15 (44.1%) | |
| Tubal ligation | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 20 | 3 (15%) | 17 (85%) | |
| No | 28 | 19 (67.9%) | 9 (32.1%) | |
a
Percentages based on row totals
b
Mixed includes mixed infiltrating ductal with lobular of other carcinoma
c
Other includes other histologic subtypes and carcinoma, not otherwise specified
d
Includes single, divorced, and widowed