Table 5. Comparison of leading diagnoses for the administration of chemotherapy, inpatient compared with outpatient.
| Diagnosis | Inpatient | Outpatient | ||
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| Percent of total cases | Rank | Percent of total cases | Rank | |
| Cancer of ovary | 27.1 | 1 | — | — |
| Lung cancer | 14.5 | 2 | 6.5 | 5 |
| Breast cancer | 6.8 | 3 | 34.6 | 1 |
| Cancer of the cervix | 5.5 | 4 | — | — |
| Brain cancer | 4.3 | 5 | — | — |
| Cancer of the uterus | 4.2 | 6 | — | — |
| Hodgkin's disease | 3.6 | 7 | — | — |
| Myeloid leukemia | 3.1 | 8 | — | — |
| Cancer of the testicle | 3.0 | 9 | 2.1 | 9 |
| Malignant melanoma | 2.6 | 10 | — | — |
| Colon cancer | — | — | 11.6 | 2 |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, not further specified | — | — | 8.6 | 3 |
| Stomach cancer | — | — | 7.4 | 4 |
| Kidney and urinary tract cancer | — | — | 6.3 | 6 |
| Cancer, site unspecified | — | — | 4.2 | 7 |
| Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma | — | — | 2.3 | 8 |
| Head and neck cancer, not further specified | — | — | 2.3 | 8 |
| All other | 25.3 | — | 13.9 | — |
NOTE: The total number of discharges or visits was 1,614 for inpatients and 474 for outpatients.