Table 1.
Patient demographics and baseline pain characteristics (n=159)
| n (%) | |
| Female | 47 (30) |
| Place of care (when patient was referred for PCC) | |
| Home | 109 (69) |
| Hospice | 39 (25) |
| Hospital | 10 (6) |
| Other | 1 (1) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Malignant pleural mesothelioma | 90 (57) |
| Primary lung cancer | 43 (27) |
| Other cancer | 26 (17) |
| Performance status (ECOG) | |
| 1 | 36 (23) |
| 2 | 61 (38) |
| 3 | 59 (35) |
| 4 | 3 (2) |
| Source of referral for PCC | |
| Specialist palliative care | 96 (60) |
| Oncology | 31 (20) |
| Respiratory medicine | 14 (9) |
| Pain medicine | 13 (8) |
| General practitioner | 3 (2) |
| Other | 1 (1) |
| Primary site of pain | |
| Thorax | 136 (86) |
| Arm | 17 (11) |
| Leg | 6 (4) |
ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; PCC, percutaneous cervical cordotomy.