Table 9. Difference of Mean score among primary cancer among patients completed questionnaires prior to their first cycle of treatment (T1), and the second column is among patients completed questionnaires on the last day of the first cycle of treatment (T2).

Scales/items	Breast cancer mean ± standard deviation		Gynecology cancer mean ± standard deviation		Lung cancer mean ± standard deviation		p
PF	68.9±23.1	80.7± 9.5	61.4±25.7	69.7±24.7	72.6±17.3	71.0±20.2	0.047	0.028
RF	62.7±32.4	81.9±24.3	44.0±36.7	50.4±32.7	60.2±30.2	65.6±32.9	0.014	<0.001
EF	69.2±22.2	70.0±22.4	63.5±28.9	65.6±26.8	71.8±24.0	68.9±25.5	0.267	0.671
CF	70.7±24.9	77.7±23.1	73.4±29.0	69.1±28.0	76.5±23.8	76.2±25.9	0.545	0.233
SF	54.3±30.3	61.7±28.6	49.3±31.1	55.3±32.2	62.6±29.2	63.3±27.2	0.097	0.380
QL	52.0±23.6	59.8±25.4	46.6±24.4	59.2±23.3	55.8±17.5	56.1±23.6	0.127	0.728
FA	43.0±25.7	34.2±23.6	54.8±28.2	50.4±26.9	46.9±23.8	42.6±28.2	0.084	0.013
NV	27.2±26.6	15.2±24.5	34.4±34.3	16.0±20.5	22.8±28.8	16.0±25.0	0.167	0.985
PA	30.1±29.7	23.8±28.4	41.8±31.6	30.5±31.3	29.9±26.3	31.0±30.4	0.080	0.430
DY	31.9±28.9	26.2±28.6	37.6±34.5	36.9±34.2	33.3±25.5	40.8±32.1	0.630	0.071
SL	37.7±25.0	35.5±27.6	49.6±37.3	44.7±29.7	36.1±31.1	40.1±33.3	0.077	0.349
AP	46.4±33.3	27.0±30.8	53.9±32.3	40.4±32.6	42.2±34.5	35.4±35.0	0.210	0.137
CO	35.5±34.0	32.6±32.2	31.9±37.4	24.8±29.0	29.3±35.1	18.8±30.7	0.692	0.091
DI	16.7±24.1	14.9±21.8	16.3±27.7	10.6±18.5	17.0±27.3	16.3±25.6	0.992	0.431
FI	55.8±31.5	52.5±27.6	59.6±32.6	57.4±39.1	47.6±35.4	46.9±33.3	0.200	0.313

Under each heading, the first column is T1, and the second column is T2.

Abbreviations represent: physical functioning (PF), role (RF), emotional (EF), cognitive (CF), social (SF), and global health/QOL (QL); symptom scales/items include: fatigue (FA), nausea and vomiting (NV), and pain (PA), dyspnea (DY), sleep disturbance (SL), appetite loss (AP), constipation (CO), diarrhea (DI), and financial impact (FI).