Skip to main content
. 2014 Sep 4;4:237. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00237

Table 2.

The percentage of requiring patients various kinds of treatment and their average length of stay (ALOS) in hospital (in days).

Percent of patients requiring surgery (ALOS) Percent of patients requiring chemotherapy (ALOS) Percent of patients requiring radiotherapy (ALOS)
Gynecological cancers 57 (6.5) 67 (3) 40 (5)
 Cervix uteri 20 (5) 80 (3) 80 (5)
 Corpus uteri 80 (5) 20 (3) 20 (5)
 Ovary 70 (9) 100 (3) 20 (5)
Head and neck cancers 44 (7) 66 (3.5) 71 (5)
 Larynx 50 (9) 50 (3) 75 (5)
 Lip and oral cavity 40 (9) 80 (3) 80 (5)
 Nasopharynx 0 (0) 100 (3) 100 (5)
 Other pharynx 40 (9) 80 (3) 80 (5)
 Thyroid 90 (7) 20 (5) 20 (5)
Hematological malignancies 0 (0) 100 (6.5) 33 (5)
 Hodgkin’s lymphoma 0 (0) 100 (5) 40 (5)
 Leukemia 0 (0) 100 (7) 20 (5)
 Multiple myeloma 0 (0) 100 (7) 20 (5)
 Non-Hodgkin’s  lymphoma 0 (0) 100 (7) 50 (5)
Urological cancers 74 (8) 63 (3.5) 41 (5)
 Bladder 100 (9) 50 (3) 50 (5)
 Kidney 75 (9) 50 (3) 20 (5)
 Prostate 20 (9) 50 (3) 65 (5)
 Testis 100 (5) 100 (5) 30 (5)
Brain and nervous system cancers 100 (9) 100 (3) 100 (5)
Breast cancers 100 (5) 100 (3) 100 (5)
Colorectal cancers 70 (9) 90 (3) 25 (5)
Gallbladder cancers 33 (9) 66 (3) 50 (5)
Kaposi’s sarcoma 0 (0) 70 (3) 50 (5)
Liver cancers 5 (10) 20 (3) 20 (5)
Lung cancers 25 (10) 50 (3) 90 (5)
Melanoma of the skin 100 (3) 50 (3) 50 (5)
Esophagus cancers 20 (9) 90 (3) 90 (5)
Pancreas cancers 10 (10) 50 (5) 50 (5)
Stomach cancers 33 (5) 66 (3) 50 (5)

It was assumed that for surgery or chemotherapy, all patients required hospitalization initially whereas for radiotherapy only one-quarter required hospitalization.