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Table 2 Number and percentage of decedents who received PRT 1Y

From: Palliative radiotherapy utilization for cancer patients at end of life in British Columbia: retrospective cohort study

Variable

Decedents

Number of decedents who received PRT1Y

% PRT1Y

P value (Chi- square)

Age

<=44

242

78

32.2

 

45-64

2,327

827

35.5

 

65-74

2,511

773

30.8

 

75-84

3,613

724

20.0

 

85+

3,607

267

7.4

<.0001

Sex

F

5,734

1,269

22.1

 

M

6,566

1,400

21.3

0.2774

Primary cancer site

Blood

938

146

15.6

 

Brain

255

45

17.6

 

Breast

1,204

236

19.6

 

Colorectal

1,551

138

8.9

 

Female genital

623

105

16.9

 

Lung

2,406

1,099

45.7

 

Melanoma

265

56

21.1

 

Non-colorectal GI

1,454

246

16.9

 

Prostate

1,510

231

15.3

 

Urinary

1,438

218

15.2

 

Other

656

149

22.7

<.0001

Survival time from diagnosis (Months)

<1.5

1,812

156

8.6

 

1.5-26

5,085

1,727

34.0

 

26+

5,403

786

14.5

<.0001

Travel time

<=2 hours

9,364

2,120

22.6

 

>2 hours

2,911

547

18.8

<.0001