Table 1.

Socio‐demographic and clinico‐pathologic characteristics of our included study participants stratified by immigrant status. P values represent comparisons between immigrant patients and nonimmigrant patients

Variable	Subgroup	Total patients, n = 784 (%)	Immigrant patients, n = 309 (%)	Nonimmigrant patients, n = 475 (%)	P value
Socio‐demographic variables
Gender	Male	47%	48%	46%	0.61
Age at diagnosis	Median (range)	56 (18‐97)	58 (18‐91)	56 (18‐97)	0.07
Follow‐up time	Median (range)	24 (0‐120)	25 (0‐120)	23 (0‐120)	0.18
Language at home	English	91%	79%	100%	<0.001
Employment status	Employed/Equivalent	40%	36%	42%	0.07
Employment type	White collar job	71%	72%	71%	0.87
Marital status	Married/common‐law	72%	73%	71%	0.68
Education	Received any post‐secondary studies	72%	75%	71%	0.22
Household income	≥ $100,000/year	39%	34%	42%	0.02
Self‐rated health	Very good to excellent	35%	29%	39%	0.004
ECOG	0	47%	44%	49%	0.16
Immigration date	Remote (≥40 years ago)	—	46%	—	—
Immigration region	Western	—	57%	—	—
Clinico‐pathological variables
Disease stage	Localized	73%	71%	74%	0.67
	Metastatic	10%	11%	9%
	Hematologic	17%	18%	16%
Treatment intent at diagnosis	Curative	80%	77%	81%	0.32
Treatment intent at follow‐up (survey time)	Curative	69%	65%	71%	0.16
Systemic therapy	Received	62%	65%	60%	0.13
Radiation therapy	Received	47%	47%	47%	0.88
Surgery	Received	60%	61%	59%	0.71