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. 2022 May 12;30(8):6973–6984. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-07096-1

Table 2.

Cancer treatment agents and the percentage of cases that received such agents per primary cancer site

Primary site Platinum-based compounds Antimetabolites Taxanes Anti-VEGF agents Plant alkaloid and topoisomerase I inhibitor Immunotherapy agents Erythropoietin agents
Breast 7.7% 42.3% 61.5% 42.3% - 3.9% 3.9%
GI 67.6% 92.6% 34.3% 35.2% 31.5% 1.9% 30.6%
Head and neck 85.7% 71.4% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 57.1% 14.3%
Lung 65.2% 13.6% 48.5% 22.7% 4.6% 60.6% 28.8%
Urinary system 41.7% 33.3% 29.2% 33.3% - 33.3% 37.5%
Woman reproductive system 85.1% 25.5% 70.2% 74.5% 2.1% - 36.2%
Other 53.9% 46.2% 53.9% 38.5% 7.7% 30.8% 23.1%
% in all patients 60.7% 50.7% 45.3% 37.6% 13.1% 19.8% 27.9%