Table 1.
Characteristics and survival time of CUP patients in the canton of Zurich
| All | Adenocarcinoma | Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Neuroendocrine carcinoma | Unspecified carcinomas | Unclassified neoplasms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | Total | N (%) | 2935 (100.0) | 1241 (42.3) | 193 (6.6) | 188 (6.4) | 488 (16.6) | 825 (28.1) |
| Men | N (%) | 1380 (47.0) | 538 (43.4) | 129 (66.8) | 108 (57.4) | 259 (53.1) | 346 (41.9) | |
| Women | N (%) | 1555 (53.0) | 703 (56.6) | 64 (33.2) | 80 (42.6) | 229 (46.9) | 479 (58.1) | |
| Age in years | Total | Mean ± SD | 72.9 ± 12.7 | 70.7 ± 12.4 | 69.3 ± 13.0 | 67.5 ± 13.1 | 70.1 ± 12.8 | 80.0 ± 9.9 |
| Median | 75.0 | 73.0 | 69.0 | 69.0 | 72.0 | 82.0 | ||
| Men | Mean ± SD | 71.2 ± 12.3 | 69.5 ± 11.4 | 68.8 ± 12.4 | 66.1 ± 12.7 | 68.9 ± 13.1 | 77.9 ± 9.9 | |
| Median | 73.0 | 71.0 | 69.0 | 68.5 | 71.0 | 80.0 | ||
| Women | Mean ± SD | 74.5 ± 12.9 | 71.6 ± 13.1 | 70.3 ± 14.1 | 69.4 ± 13.5 | 71.6 ± 12.3 | 81.5 ± 9.5 | |
| Median | 77.0 | 74.0 | 69.5 | 72.0 | 73.0 | 84.0 | ||
| Age groups | <60 | N (%) | 474 (16.1) | 247 (19.9) | 41 (21.3) | 44 (23.4) | 109 (22.3) | 33 (4.0) |
| 60‐69 | N (%) | 540 (18.4) | 254 (20.5) | 57 (29.5) | 51 (27.1) | 101 (20.7) | 77 (9.4) | |
| 70‐79 | N (%) | 882 (30.1) | 408 (32.8) | 51 (26.4) | 58 (30.9) | 151 (30.9) | 214 (25.9) | |
| >80 | N (%) | 1039 (35.4) | 332 (26.8) | 44 (22.8) | 35 (18.6) | 127 (26.0) | 501 (60.7) | |
| Months of Survival | Total | Mean ± SD | 12.3 ± 31.6 | 10.8 ± 29.2 | 31.0 ± 54.5 | 19.6 ± 37.2 | 13.3 ± 34.5 | 6.7 ± 17.6 |
| Median (Q1‐Q3) | 2.9 (0.9‐9.0) | 3.0 (1.0‐8.3) | 10.1 (3.1‐26.5) | 5.0 (1.5‐21.8) | 3.4 (1.1‐9.8) | 1.4 (0.5‐4.5) | ||
| Men | Mean ± SD | 11.3 ± 29.1 | 9.3 ± 26.1 | 22.3 ± 42.2 | 21.4 ± 45.3 | 12.1 ± 29.0 | 6.1 ± 15.6 | |
| Median (Q1‐Q3) | 2.7 (0.9‐8.3) | 2.6 (0.9‐7.3) | 8.3 (3.1‐22.3) | 3.7 (1.1‐16.8) | 3.2 (1.2‐9.7) | 1.3 (0.4‐4.5) | ||
| Women | Mean ± SD | 13.1 ± 33.7 | 12.0 ± 31.4 | 47.8 ± 69.9 | 17.5 ± 23.5 | 14.7 ± 39.9 | 7.2 ± 19.1 | |
| Median (Q1‐Q3) | 3.0 (0.9‐13.1) | 2.6 (0.9‐7.3) | 16.5 (3.7‐53.5) | 3.7 (1.1‐16.8) | 3.5 (0.9‐10.2) | 1.4 (0.5‐4.5) |
N = number, % = in percentage SD = standard deviation, Q1 = quartile 1, Q3 = quartile 3.