Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients at baseline
| n = 62 | ||
| Age (years old) | Median [range] | 58.00 [33.00~80.00] |
| Age, Category | 30 to 40 years | 3 (4.8%) |
| 40 to 50 years | 9 (14.5%) | |
| 50 to 60 years | 20 (32.3%) | |
| 60 to 70 years | 12 (19.4%) | |
| Over 70 years | 18 (29.0%) | |
| Sex (n) | male:female | 23:39 |
| Primary cancer | Diagnosis | |
| Lung cancer | 28 (45.16%) | |
| Breast cancer | 8 (12.9%) | |
| Colon cancer | 1 (1.61%) | |
| Gastric cancer | 1 (1.61%) | |
| Ovarian cancer | 4 (6.45%) | |
| Pancreatic cancer | 1 (1.61%) | |
| Papillary thyroid cancer | 1 (1.61%) | |
| Plasmacytoma | 1 (1.61%) | |
| Others | 17 (27.41%) | |
| Duration of tumors (month) | Median [range] | 16.00 [1.0~227.0] |
| Duration of tumors, Category | Under 1 | 26 (41.9%) |
| 1 to 2 | 13 (21.0%) | |
| 2 to 3 | 7 (11.3%) | |
| 3 to 5 | 6 (9.6%) | |
| 5 to 10 | 5 (8.1%) | |
| Over 10 | 5 (8.1%) | |
| Present-metastasis state (n) | Existence:None | 61:1 (98.4%:1.6%) |
| Past medical history (n) | Existence:None | 55:7 (88.7%:11.3%) |
n: number of patients