Table I.
Demographics at the time of survey completion, by group
| Characteristic |
Patient group
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer-free control | Pre-treatment | Treatment ongoing |
Treatment completed
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| ≤6 Months | >6 Months | ||||
| Patients (n) | 83 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 178 |
| Sex [n (%)] | |||||
| Men | 53 (64) | 37 (69) | 36 (58) | 41 (61) | 100 (56) |
| Women | 30 (36) | 17 (31) | 26 (42) | 26 (39) | 78 (44) |
| Age [n (%)] | |||||
| ≤70 Years | 37 (45) | 25 (46) | 47 (76) | 34 (51) | 93 (52) |
| >70 Years | 46 (55) | 29 (54) | 15 (24) | 33 (49) | 85 (48) |
| Ostomy status [n (%)] | |||||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 4 (7) | 8 (13) | 18 (27) | 25 (14) |
| No | 0 (0) | 48 (89) | 51 (82) | 43 (64) | 130 (73) |
| Formerly (reversed) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 3 (5) | 6 (9) | 22 (12) |
| Missing data | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| Treatment type [n (%)] | |||||
| None | 83 (100) | 15 (28) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Surgery | 0 (0) | 39 (72) | 1 (2) | 32 (48) | 62 (35) |
| Chemotherapy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Radiation therapy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) |
| Combination | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 54 (87) | 34 (51) | 114 (64.0) |
| Missing data | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |