Table 2.
Disease- and treatment-related factors among adult cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment in the cancer center, Ethiopia (n = 281).
| Characteristics | Category | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Family history of cancer | Yes | 41 (14.5%) |
| No | 240 (85.1%) | |
| Comorbidity | Yes | 41 (14.5%) |
| No | 240 (85.1%) | |
| Types of cancer | Breast cancer | 81 (28.8%) |
| Colorectal | 64 (22.8%) | |
| Lung | 43 (15.3%) | |
| Gastric | 41 (14.5%) | |
| Nasopharyngeal | 39 (14.0%) | |
| Others | 13 (4.6%) | |
| Stages of cancer | Stage one | 13 (4.6%) |
| Stage two | 74 (26.4%) | |
| Stage three | 98 (34.9%) | |
| Stage four | 79 (28.1%) | |
| Unknown | 17 (6.0%) | |
| Type of treatment | Chemotherapy | 206 (73%) |
| Chemotherapy surgery | 49 (17.4%) | |
| chemo radiation | 26 (9.3%) | |
| Cycle | Third | 72 (25.6%) |
| Fourth | 81 (28.8%) | |
| Fifth | 60 (21.4%) | |
| Sixth | 68 (24.2%) |