Table 1 Patients' medical backgrounds.
Variables | n |
|---|---|
Age | Â |
< 35 y | 3 |
35-50 y | 9 |
51-60 y | 33 |
61-70 y | 69 |
71-80 y | 108 |
81-90 y | 86 |
> 90 y | 38 |
Gender | Â |
Men/women | 145/201 |
Performance status* | Â |
1/2/3/4/unknown | 40/27/153/108/18 |
Types of malignant diseases | Â |
Lung cancer | 80 |
Gastric cancer | 47 |
Pancreatic cancer | 17 |
Prostate cancer | 16 |
Rectal cancer | 16 |
Hematological malignancy | 14 |
Cholangiocarcinoma | 13 |
Liver cancer | 12 |
Colorectal cancer | 11 |
Breast cancer | 10 |
Uterine cancer | 10 |
Bladder cancer | 9 |
Renal cancer | 9 |
Ovarian cancer | 8 |
Esophageal cancer | 6 |
Gallbladder cancer | 5 |
Laryngeal cancer | 5 |
Renal pelvis cancer | 5 |
Cancers of unknown origin | 6 |
Others | 47 |
Complications | Â |
Dementia | 121 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 24 |
Metastasis | 135 |
Patients with two or more cancers | 38 |
Cancer pain | 81 |
Paralysis | 48 |