Table 1.

Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

Variables	Colorectal		Others (n=2388)		P-value
	No. of patients	%	No. of patients	%
Age at study entry (mean, SD)	61.6	12.7	61.1	12.3	0.372
Years since diagnosis (mean, SD)	1.9	2.2	3.3	4.5	<0.001
Gender					<0.001
Female	346	48.2	1824	76.4
Male	372	51.8	23.6	23.6
Race					0.184
White	599	84.3	2049	86.9
Black	98	13.8	266	11.3
Others	14	2.0	43	1.8
Ethnicity					<0.001
Non-Hispanic	583	81.2	1989	83.3
Hispanic	93	13.0	192	8.0
Unknown	42	5.9	207	8.7
Disease status					0.038
Complete response	243	34.0	914	38.5
Partial response	28	3.9	119	5.0
Stable disease	324	45.4	1012	42.7
Progressive disease	119	16.7	327	13.8
Disease stage					<0.001
Non-advanced	377	52.7	1544	64.9
Advanced	339	47.4	835	35.1
ECOG PS					<0.001
0	375	52.3	1380	58.1
1	299	41.7	806	34.0
2–4	43	6.0	188	7.9
Weight loss in the prior 6 months					<0.001
<5	565	79.4	2066	87.6
>=5%	147	20.7	292	12.4
Prior systemic therapy					0.122
No	294	41.0	901	37.8
Yes	424	59.1	1486	62.3
Prior radiation therapy					<0.001
No	550	77.1	1232	52.1
Yes	163	22.9	1134	47.9
Current therapy					0.110
No	203	28.3	604	25.3
Yes	515	71.7	1784	74.7
Any individual counseling service					0.655
No	649	90.8	2146	90.2
Yes	66	9.2	233	9.8
Participate in any support group					0.162
No	676	94.6	2214	93.1
Yes	39	5.5	165	6.9
# of medicines currently taken					0.002
0–4	242	33.7	658	27.6
5–9	268	37.3	940	39.4
>=10	131	18.3	556	23.3
Unknown	77	10.7	234	9.8

SD = standard deviation;ECOG PS = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status.