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. 2019 Oct-Dec;6(4):363–371. doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_26_19

Table 1.

Participants’ background and clinical characteristics (n=236)

Characteristics Total, n (%) Breast, n (%) Colorectal, n (%) Lung, n (%) Reproductive, n (%) Head and neck
No./Type of cancer survivors l 236 90 (38.1) 50 (21.2) 20 (8.5) 50 (21.2) 26 (11.0)
Age (years)
 30-45 33 (14.0) 20 (22.2) 2 (4.0) 1 (5.0) 8 (16.0) 2 (7.7)
 46-60 125 (53.0) 51 (56.7) 22 (44.0) 10 (50.0) 28 (56.0) 14 (53.8)
 61-75 63 (26.7) 17 (18.9) 21 (42.0) 7 (35.0) 10 (20.0) 8 (30.8)
 Older than 75 15 (6.4) 2 (2.2) 5 (10.0) 2 (10.0) 4 (8.0) 2 (7.7)
 Mean±SD 57.1±10.3 54.1±9.8 61.8±9.2 55.9±10.6 58.0±10.4 60.5±10.1
Gender
 Male 63 (26.7) 0 (0.0) 29 (58.0) 13 (65.0) 0 (0.0) 21 (80.8)
 Female 173 (73.3) 90 (100.0) 21 (42.0) 7 (35.0) 50 (100.0) 5 (19.2)
Length of survival (years)
 Not >1 43 (18.2) 18 (20.0) 6 (12.0) 4 (20.0) 6 (12.0) 9 (34.6)
 1-5 153 (64.8) 56 (62.2) 34 (68.0) 14 (70.0) 34 (68.0) 15 (57.7)
 >5 40 (16.9) 16 (17.8) 10 (20.0) 2 (10.0) 10 (20.0) 2 (7.7)
 Mean±SD 3.4±2.5 3.5±2.5 3.5±2.3 4.0±3.0 2.3±1.6 2.8±1.8
Treatment (>1 answer possible)
 Chemotherapy 215 (91.1) 85 (94.4) 47 (94.0) 19 (95.0) 45 (90.0) 19 (73.1)
 Surgery 158 (66.9) 87 (96.7) 48 (96.0) 4 (20.0) 11 (22.0) 8 (30.8)
 Radiotherapy 144 (61.0) 144 (61.0) 50 (55.6) 18 (36.0) 44 (88.0) 26 (100.0)
 Hormone therapy 55 (23.3) 54 (60.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 55 (23.3)
Number of treatment
 1 30 (12.7) 4 (4.4) 5 (10.0) 13 (65.0) 5 (10.0) 3 (11.5)
 2 108 (45.8) 17 (18.9) 27 (54.0) 5 (25.0) 40 (80.0) 19 (73.1)
 3 66 (28.0) 38 (42.2) 18 (36.0) 2 (10.0) 4 (8.0) 4 (15.4)
 4 32 (13.6) 31 (34.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0)
 Mean±SD 2.4±0.9 3.1±0.8 2.3±0.6 1.5±0.7 2.0±0.5 2.0±0.5

SD: Standard deviation