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. 2014 Nov 18;13:49. doi: 10.1186/1472-684X-13-49

Table 3.

PRT rates in last 30 and 14 days of life by primary cancer diagnosis

Primary cancer diagnosis Study cohort Last 30 days Last 14 days
Decedents % cohort % PRT # course Decedents % cohort % PRT # course
Lung 2,406 272 11.3 24.7 357 129 5.4 11.7 160
Breast 1,204 42 3.5 17.8 54 18 1.5 7.6 20
Colorectal 1,551 30 1.9 21.7 33 16 1.0 11.6 18
Prostate 1,438 43 3.0 19.7 53 20 1.4 9.2 24
Non-colorectal GI 1,454 59 4.1 24.0 69 23 1.6 9.3 24
Blood 938 34 3.6 23.3 50 9 1.0 6.2 17
Urinary 656 36 5.5 24.2 45 11 1.7 7.4 15
Female genital 623 15 2.4 14.3 15 5 0.8 4.8 5
Brain 255 8 3.1 17.8 9 * * 8.9 *
Melanoma 265 13 4.9 23.2 16 * * 7.1 *
Other 1,510 62 4.1 26.8 80 29 1.9 12.6 37
Overall 12,300 614 5.0 23.0 781 268 2.2 10.0 328

% cohort: Proportion of decedents received PRT in their last 30/14 days of life.

% PRT: Proportion of decedents who receive PRT courses in last year of life received PRT in their last 30/14 days of life.

#course: Number of PRT courses that decedents received in their last 30/14 days of life.

*Cell is suppressed due to small count.