Table 1.
Characteristics and diagnoses of patients with solid tumours who had a port-a-cath implanted at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman from January 2007 to April 2019 (N = 516)
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 178 (34.5) |
| Female | 338 (65.5) |
| BMI category | |
| Below normal (<18.5) | 51 (9.9) |
| Normal (18.5–24.9) | 167 (32.4) |
| Overweight (25–30) | 142 (27.5) |
| Obese (>30) | 156 (30.2) |
| Median in kg/m2 | 26.7 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Breast cancer | 205 (39.7) |
| Colon cancer | 143 (27.7) |
| Gastric cancer | 50 (9.7) |
| Sarcoma | 22 (4.3) |
| Ovarian cancer | 17 (3.3) |
| Pancreatic cancer | 16 (3.1) |
| Lung cancer | 13 (2.5) |
| Other | 50 (9.7) |
| Cancer disease stage | |
| I | 18 (3.5) |
| II | 73 (14.1) |
| III | 138 (26.7) |
| IV | 287 (55.6) |
| Interventionist | |
| Interventional radiologist | 459 (89.0) |
| Port-a-cath implanted outside Oman | 43 (8.3) |
| Anaesthetist | 11 (2.1) |
| Surgeon | 3 (0.6) |
| Treatment intention | |
| Curative | 193 (37.4) |
| Palliative | 323 (62.6) |
BMI = body mass index.