Table 1.
Patient demographics and clinical treatment characteristics
| Category | All (n = 145) | Brain (n = 50) | Bone (n = 95) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treating hospital, no. (%) | .662 | |||
| Safety-net hospital | 29 (20.0) | 11 (22.0) | 18 (18.9) | |
| Private hospital | 116 (80.0) | 39 (78.0) | 77 (81.1) | |
| Sex, no. (%) | .015 | |||
| Male | 81 (55.9) | 21 (42.0) | 60 (63.2) | |
| Female | 64 (44.1) | 29 (58.0) | 35 (36.8) | |
| Age, no. (%) | .180 | |||
| <65 years | 103 (71.0) | 39 (78.0) | 64 (67.4) | |
| 65+ years | 42 (29.0) | 11 (22.0) | 31 (32.6) | |
| Race, no. (%) | .264 | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 47 (32.4) | 11 (22.0) | 36 (37.9) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 27 (18.6) | 10 (20.0) | 17 (17.9) | |
| Hispanic | 68 (46.9) | 28 (56.0) | 40 (42.1) | |
| Other | 3 (2.1) | 1 (2.0) | 2 (2.1) | |
| Preferred language, no. (%) | .460 | |||
| English | 87 (60.0) | 27 (54.0) | 60 (63.2) | |
| Spanish | 54 (37.2) | 22 (44.0) | 32 (33.7) | |
| Creole | 4 (2.8) | 1 (2.0) | 3 (3.2) | |
| Comorbidity, no. (%) | .757 | |||
| Low | 105 (72.4) | 37 (74.0) | 68 (71.6) | |
| High | 40 (27.6) | 13 (26.0) | 27 (28.4) | |
| SES, no. (%) | .671 | |||
| Low | 71 (49.0) | 27 (54.0) | 44 (46.3) | |
| High | 65 (44.8) | 20 (40.0) | 45 (47.4) | |
| Unknown | 9 (6.2) | 3 (6.0) | 6 (6.3) | |
| KPS, no. (%) | .246 | |||
| Good | 39 (31.5) | 17 (39.5) | 22 (27.2) | |
| Fair | 63 (50.8) | 21 (48.8) | 42 (51.9) | |
| Poor | 22 (17.7) | 5 (11.6) | 17 (21.0) | |
| Unknown | 21 (14.5) | 7 (14.0) | 14 (14.7) | |
| Projected fractions, no. (%) | .006 | |||
| <10 | 18 (12.4) | 1 (2.0) | 17 (17.9) | |
| ≥10 | 127 (87.6) | 49 (98.0) | 78 (82.1) | |
| Treatment interruption, no. (%) | .499 | |||
| No | 112 (77.2) | 37 (74.0) | 75 (78.9) | |
| Yes | 33 (22.8) | 13 (26.0) | 20 (21.1) | |
Abbreviations: KPS = Karnofsky performance status; no. = number; SES = socioeconomic status.