Table 2. Patient participants’ demographic and baseline characteristics (n=143).

	Breast cancer		Gynecological cancer		Lung Cancer
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	47	100	47	100	47	100
Age (year)
mean	48.8		45.9		55.5
standard deviation	11.3		11.5		10.4
range	26-68		19-72		32-71
Education
compulsory	4	9	7	15	7	14
junior school	8	17	9	19	12	25
senior school	16	34	14	30	12	25
diploma	13	28	9	19	8	16
university	6	13	8	17	10	20
Occupation
agriculture	1	2	3	6	3	6
industry	5	11	5	11	6	12
office work	17	36	23	49	16	33
student	0		3	6	0
service	2	4	4	9	3	6
housewife	2	4	0		0
pensioner	18	38	7	15	19	39
unemployed	0		0		1	2
other	1	2	2	4	1	2
Karnofsky Performance Status*
<70	8	17	12	26	5	10
70+	39	83	35	75	44	90
Extent of disease
local	25	53	14	30	7	14
local regional	16	34	20	43	18	37
distance metastasis	6	13	13	28	24	49
Treatment
chemotherapy	12	26	8	17	36	75
chemotherapy + radiotherapy	0		0		6	12
chemotherapy + surgery	32	68	38	81	4	8
chemotherapy + radiation + surgery	0		1	2	1	2
radiotherapy + surgery	3	6	0		2	4

* The Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) is a global assessment of a patient’s self-care and ambulation abilities. The KPS categorizes a patient’s activity level using an 11-point ordinal level scale, ranging from 0 “dead” to 100 “normal activities with no signs or symptoms.”