Table 3.

Disease status and the distribution of painkiller usage

Primary cancer	Disease free (%)	Relief (%)	Deterioration (%)	P value
Head and neck	25.0	46.3	71.2	<0.001
GI and colon	16.1	26.6	57.9	<0.001
Hepatobiliary and pancreas	41.7	40.4	62.8	0.056
Breast	11.5	31.0	64.2	<0.001
Lung and mediastinum	20.0	49.2	64.6	0.023
Blood/lymphoma	25.0	26.7	45.7	0.057
GYN and GU	16.7	33.7	59.4	0.010
Other	11.1	42.1	63.0	0.019
Average	20.9	37.0	61.1	<0.001

GI, gastrointestinal.