Table 2.
Percentage of the use of anticancer drugs and palliative care (home or hospice care) during the last 30 days of life, by cancer type
| Cancer type | Treatment during the last 30 day of life | |||
| % anticancer drugs | % home care | % hospice care | % overall palliative | |
| Head and neck | 13.0 | 19.3 | 28.7 | 41.3 |
| Digestive | 10.3 | 23.1 | 27.7 | 44.8 |
| Respiratory | 19.3 | 21.5 | 28.0 | 43.3 |
| Musculoskeletal | 10.4 | 20.5 | 21.8 | 38.1 |
| Skin | 16.5 | 25.1 | 30.9 | 47.8 |
| Nervous system | 6.1 | 20.3 | 31.9 | 45.2 |
| Breast | 27.1 | 20.8 | 25.5 | 40.4 |
| Genital (women) | 16.4 | 20.8 | 29.6 | 44.6 |
| Genital (men) | 13.0 | 15.8 | 11.2 | 24.2 |
| Urinary | 8.7 | 19.2 | 22.9 | 37.4 |
| Prostate | 26.1 | 18.4 | 23.2 | 37.1 |
| Haematologic | 24.7 | 15.3 | 13.2 | 26.2 |
| Other/metastatic | 8.4 | 18.2 | 15.8 | 30.8 |
| Region | 15.3 | 20.7 | 24.9 | 40.2 |