Table 2b.

Associations between baseline radiation therapy use and higher quality of life near death (i.e., quality of death - QoD) in patients stratified by baseline performance status

Stratum	N	QoD	Baseline Radiation Therapy Use				p
			Yes		No
Performance Status (ECOG) Score			n	%	n	%
0 Asymptomatic	9	High	0		3	33.3%	n.e.
		Low	0		6	66.7%
1 Symptomatic, Ambulatory	122	High	8	100.0%	58	50.9%	0.006
		Low	0	0.0%	56	49.1%
2 Symptomatic, In Bed < 50% time	116	High	4	44.4%	52	48.6%	0.263
		Low	5	55.6%	55	51.4%
3 Symptomatic, In Bed > 50% time	58	High	1	14.3%	28	54.9%	0.046
		Low	6	85.7%	23	45.1%
4 100% Bedridden	7	High	0		4	57.1%	n.e,
		Low	0		3	42.9%

n.e. = not estimable