Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | |
| Age, yr | |
| Median | 60 |
| Min | 41 |
| Max | 83 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 62 (92.5) |
| Female | 5 (7.5) |
| Smoking status (at time of treatment) | |
| Never smoker | 40 (59.7) |
| Former smoker | 23 (34.3) |
| Current smoker | 4 (6.0) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non‐Hispanic White | 65 (97.0) |
| Black | 1 (1.5) |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 (1.5) |
| Tumor and treatment characteristics | |
| AJCC 8 group stage | |
| I | 48 (71.6) |
| II | 19 (28.4) |
| Primary therapy | |
| Chemoradiation | 49 (73.1) |
| Radiation | 5 (7.5) |
| Surgery | 13 (19.4) |
| Median time since end of treatment, mo | 21.2 |
| Min | 2.8 |
| Max | 41.0 |
| Socioeconomic characteristics | |
| Education | |
| High school or less | 8 (11.9) |
| Some college or trade school | 23 (34.3) |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 53.7) |
| In long‐term relationship | |
| Yes | 58 (86.6) |
| No | 9 (13.4) |
| Employment status | |
| Working full‐time | 34 (50.7) |
| Working part‐time | 7 (10.4) |
| Not working | 26 (38.8) |
| Health insurance | |
| Yes | 66 (98.5) |
| No | 1 (1.5) |
| Financial dependents | |
| 0–1 | 46 (68.7) |
| 2+ | 21 (31.3) |
| Household income | |
| Less than $50,000 | 9 (13.4) |
| $50,000–$99,999 | 16 (23.9) |
| $100,000 or more | 30 (44.8) |
| I prefer not to answer | 12 (17.9) |
Abbreviation: AJCC, American Joint Commission on Cancer.