Table 2. Patient Characteristics (N=940).
| Characteristic | No. | % |
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| Age at enrollment | ||
| Median | 59 | |
| Range | 19 - 91 | |
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| Age group | ||
| <30 | 23 | 2.5% |
| 30-64 | 597 | 63.5% |
| 65-74 | 235 | 25.0% |
| ≥75 | 85 | 9.0% |
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| Gender | ||
| Female | 539 | 57.3% |
| Male | 401 | 42.7% |
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| Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic or Latino | 56 | 6.0% |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 832 | 88.5% |
| Missing | 52 | 5.5% |
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| Race | ||
| White | 675 | 71.8% |
| Black or African American | 203 | 21.6% |
| Asian | 42 | 4.5% |
| Other or multiple races reported | 8 | 0.9% |
| Missing | 12 | 1.3% |
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| Education | ||
| High school or less | 305 | 32.4% |
| Some college | 199 | 21.2% |
| College graduate or more | 415 | 44.1% |
| Missing | 21 | 2.2% |
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| Cancer type | ||
| Lung, head or neck | 329 | 35.0% |
| Breast | 260 | 27.7% |
| Genitourinary or gynecologic | 172 | 18.3% |
| Gastrointestinal | 95 | 10.1% |
| Hematologic | 47 | 5.0% |
| Other or unknown | 37 | 3.9% |
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| ECOG Performance Status at first visit | ||
| 0-1 | 779 | 82.9% |
| 2-4 | 161 | 17.1% |
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| Cancer treatment in prior two weeks | ||
| Chemotherapy | 522 | 55.5% |
| Radiation | 424 | 45.1% |
| Surgery | 35 | 3.7% |
Abbreviation: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group