Table 3 Age and sex of patients given or not receiving chemotherapy during the last four weeks of life
From: Chemotherapy near the end of life: a retrospective single-centre analysis of patients’ charts
Chemotherapy during the last four weeks of life | p value Fisher’s exact test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (14 = 100%) | No (105 = 100%) | |||
Age | < 75 y | 11 (79%) | 37 (35%) | 0.003 |
≥ 75 y | 3 (21%) | 68 (65%) | ||
Sex | Male | 8 (57%) | 63 (60%) | 1.0 |
Female | 6 (43%) | 42 (40%) | ||