Table 1.
Patient Characteristics (N=816)
| Patient Characteristics | Solid tumors N=703 (%)1 |
Hematologic malignancies N=113 (%)1 |
P-value | All patients N=816 (%)1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (range) years | 62 (22–97) | 61 (21–88) | 0.31 | 62 (21–97) |
| Female sex | 341 (49) | 49 (43) | 0.31 | 390 (48) |
| Race | ||||
| White | 431 (61) | 68 (60) | 0.69 | 499 (61) |
| Black | 154 (22) | 24 (21) | 178 (22) | |
| Hispanic | 80 (11) | 17 (15) | 97 (12) | |
| Asian | 28 (4) | 4 (4) | 32 (4) | |
| Others | 10 (1) | 0 (0) | 10 (1) | |
| Married | 437 (62) | 67 (60) | 0.68 | 504 (60) |
| Christian religion | 535 (95) | 81 (94) | 0.79 | 616 (95) |
| Education | ||||
| High school or less | 252 (36) | 32 (28) | 0.02 | 284 (35) |
| College | 225 (32) | 31 (27) | 256 (31) | |
| Post graduate | 56 (8) | 7 (6) | 63 (8) | |
| Not available | 170 (24) | 43 (38) | 213 (26) | |
| Cancer type | <0.001 | |||
| Breast | 71 (10) | 0 (0) | 71 (9) | |
| Gastrointestinal | 178 (25) | 0 (0) | 178 (22) | |
| Genitourinary | 89 (13) | 0 (0) | 89 (11) | |
| Gynecologic | 61 (9) | 0 (0) | 61 (7) | |
| Head and neck | 48 (7) | 0 (0) | 48 (6) | |
| Hematologic | 0 (0) | 113 (100) | 113 (14) | |
| Other | 94 (13) | 0 (0) | 94 (12) | |
| Respiratory | 162 (23) | 0 (0) | 162 (20) | |
| Months between advanced cancer diagnosis and death, median (IQR) | 11.8 (4.5–23.8) | 12.7 (4.4–39.8) | 0.27 | 11.7 (4.5–25.2) |
1
column percentage unless otherwise specified
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range