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Table 1 Demographic & clinical characteristics by treatment group

From: Symptom burden & quality of life among patients receiving second-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer

Variables

Chemotherapy only N = 38

Cetuximab N = 38

BevacizumabN = 106

Total N = 182

Gender, n (%)

Female

23 (60.5%)

14 (36.8%)

56 (52.8%)

93 (51.1%)

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

60.8 (14.7)

64.6 (11.2)

61.5 (12.3)

62.0 (12.6)

US Region, n (%)

Northeast

4 (10.5%)

3 (7.9%)

3 (2.8%)

10 (5.5%)

Midwest

0 (0.0%)

2 (5.3%)

4 (3.8%)

6 (3.3%)

South

27 (71.1%)

28 (73.7%)

83 (78.3%)

138 (75.8%)

West

7 (18.4%)

5 (13.2%)

16 (15.1%)

28 (15.4%)

Race, n (%)

White

26 (68.4%)

26 (68.4%)

71 (67.0%)

123 (67.6%)

Minority

12 (31.6%)

12 (31.6%)

35 (33.0%)

59 (32.4%)

Sub-Total

38 (100%)

38 (100%)

106 (100%)

182 (100%)

BMI

Mean (SD)

26.3 (6.2)

28.9 (5.2)

26.9 (5.4)

27.2 (5.6)

Disease Stage, n (%)

Stage IV

38 (100%)

38 (100%)

106 (100%)

182 (100%)

ECOG, n (%)

0

8 (21.1%)

10 (26.3%)

19 (17.9%)

37 (20.3%)

1

8 (21.1%)

6 (15.8%)

19 (17.9%)

33 (18.1%)

2+

2 (5.3%)

3 (7.9%)

3 (2.8%)

8 (4.4%)

Text indication of impairment

4 (10.5%)

2 (5.3%)

14 (13.2%)

20 (11.0%)

No text indication of impairment

16 (42.1%)

17 (44.7%)

51 (48.1%)

84 (46.2%)

Sites of Distant Metastasis, n (%) *

Liver

24 (63.2%)

24 (63.2%)

71 (67.0%)

119 (65.4%)

Lung

14 (36.8%)

21 (55.3%)

50 (47.2%)

85 (46.7%)

Peritoneum

9 (23.7%)

6 (15.8%)

28 (26.4%)

43 (23.6%)

Small intestine

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4 (3.8%)

4 (2.2%)

Other

16 (42.1%)

15 (39.5%)

47 (44.3%)

78 (42.9%)

Not documented

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.9%)

1 (0.5%)

  1. * Patients may be represented on more than one row.