Table 1.

Patient Characteristics.^a

Variable	n	Percentage
Number of patients	499	100
Age (years)
Mean ± Standard error of mean	58.5 ± 0.56
Gender
Female	323	64.7
Male	176	35.3
Patient receiving chemotherapy (CT)	457	91.6
Patient receiving radiotherapy (RT)	13	2.6
Patient receiving CT and RT	13	2.6
Patient without current anticancer therapy	42	8.4
Gastrointestinal tract cancer	131	26.1
Lung cancer	25	5
Brain cancer	9	1.8
Breast cancer	96	19.1
Urogenital system cancer	44	8.8
Gynecological cancer	56	11.1
Leukemia	37	7.4
Lymphoma	72	14.4
Multiple myeloma	12	2.4
Others	20	4
Use of others dietary supplements	202	40.5

Abbreviations: CT, chemotherapy; RT, radiotherapy.

^aTwo patients had more than 1 type of cancer.