Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2018 Jan 25;124(8):1760–1769. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31241

Table-3.

Patient characteristics and disease-site specific prognostic factors according to Hispanic ethnicity and clinical trial subgroup analysis (patients with complete data).

Type of cancer Percent of patients in high risk categories (% of all Hispanics vs. % of all non-Hispanics)
≥65yo Female1 African American Education≤ U.S. median Income≤ U.S. median Disease-site specific prognostic factors
Adjuvant breast ER− and PR− 6 vs. 8 3 vs. 13* 68 vs. 32* 68 vs. 49* Tumor>5 cm:
20 vs. 8*
Post-menopausal:
40 vs. 48*
≥ 4 nodes:
9 vs. 13
Adjuvant breast ER+ and/or PR+ 5 vs. 14* 2 vs. 7* 70 vs. 29* 66 vs. 45* Tumor>5 cm:
13 vs. 8*
Post-menopausal:
51 vs. 56*
≥ 4 nodes:
29 vs. 22*
Advanced breast ER+ and/or PR+ 30 vs. 42 5 vs. 10 53 vs. 31* 70 vs. 53* Post-menopausal:
95 vs. 93
Her2negative:
92 vs. 88
Advanced colorectal 19 vs. 41* 41 vs. 41 2 vs. 14* 83 vs. 41* 78 vs. 59* Performance status 2:
11 vs. 10
Adjuvant gastric 20 vs. 35* 42 vs. 26* 2 vs. 20* 72 vs. 47* 72 vs. 62 ≥4 nodes:
32 vs. 43
Stage T3-T4:
66 vs. 68
Adjuvant colorectal 28 vs. 38 43 vs. 41 0 vs. 7* 74 vs. 34* 76 vs. 56* N2–3 nodes:
26 vs. 31
Stage T3-T4:
89 vs. 85
Performance status 2:
8 vs. 3*
Advanced prostate 52 vs. 67* 2 vs. 21* 77 vs. 38* 67 vs. 56* Performance status ≥2:
13 vs. 11
Severity = Extensive:
79 vs. 74
Advanced prostate, hormone refractory 54 vs. 72* 0 vs. 14* 63 vs. 35* 58 vs. 51 Extraskeletal metastasis:
58 vs. 53
Progression other than PSA:
89 vs. 81
Performance status ≥2:
12 vs. 9
AML 16 vs. 35* 47 vs. 45 0 vs. 9* 71 vs. 38* 76 vs. 56* Performance status ≥2:
11 vs. 22
Advanced NSCLC 39 vs. 42 39 vs. 33 0 vs. 13* 77 vs. 45* 77 vs. 62 ≥5% weight loss:
48 vs. 39
Abnormal LDH:
35 vs. 38
Stage IV:
81 vs. 89
Advanced aggressive NHL 8 vs. 16 32 vs. 40 0 vs. 10* 62 vs. 35* 73 vs. 53* IPI risk=High/High-Int.:
35 vs. 41
Advanced indolent NHL 20 vs. 12 36 vs. 43 4 vs. 4 44 vs. 32 56 vs. 50 IPI risk=High/High-Int.:
20 vs. 13
Multiple Myeloma 9 vs. 18 37 vs. 41 5 vs. 18* 67 vs. 36* 70 vs. 55 Stage III:
65 vs. 59
Advanced GIST 21 vs. 47* 46 vs. 45 0 vs. 12 71 vs. 37* 64 vs. 48 Performance status 3:
4 vs. 3
Measurable disease:
96 vs. 94
Total1 17 vs. 28* 41 vs. 40 2 vs. 11* 70 vs. 33* 68 vs. 51*
1

Percent provided for the non-sex specific cancers only

*

Indicates a significant difference between Hispanic and non-Hispanic groups (p<0.05)