Table 2 Demographic and clinical data
From: The degree of social difficulties experienced by cancer patients and their spouses
Patients n (%) | Spouses n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Patients’ sex | ||
Men | 128 (49.4) | 128 (49.4) |
Women | 131 (50.6) | 131 (50.6) |
Patients’ age | ||
20–29 years | 11 (4.2) | 11 (4.2) |
30–39 years | 44 (17.0) | 44 (17.0) |
40–49 years | 67 (25.9) | 67 (25.9) |
50–59 years | 85 (32.8) | 85 (32.8) |
60- years | 52 (20.1) | 52 (20.1) |
The presence or absence of recurrence | ||
Primary occurrence | 62 (23.9) | 62 (23.9) |
Recurrence | 197 (76.1) | 197 (76.1) |
Cancer site (including duplicates) | ||
Lung cancer | 34 (13.1) | 29 (11.2) |
Prostate cancer | 25 (9.7) | 13 (5.0) |
Renal cancer | 19 (7.3) | 6 (2.3) |
Bladder cancer | 19 (7.3) | 5 (1.9) |
Testicular cancer | 15 (5.8) | 5 (1.9) |
Gastric cancer | 48 (18.5) | 31 (12.0) |
Esophageal cancer | 20 (7.7) | 5 (1.9) |
Colorectal cancer | 49 (18.9) | 50 (19.3) |
Liver cancer | 17 (6.6) | 6 (2.3) |
Gallbladder cancer | 13 (5.0) | 2 (0.8) |
Pancreatic cancer | 12 (4.6) | 3 (1.2) |
Breast cancer | 79 (30.5) | 63 (24.3) |
Thyroid cancer | 20 (7.7) | 6 (2.3) |
Head and neck/oral cancer | 11 (4.2) | 7 (2.7) |
Uterine cancer | 27 (10.4) | 12 (4.6) |
Ovarian cancer | 18 (6.9) | 3 (1.2) |
Leukemia | 17 (6.6) | 8 (3.1) |
Malignant lymphoma | 18 (6.9) | 15 (5.8) |
Malignant bone tumor | 10 (3.9) | 1 (0.4) |
Brain tumor | 17 (6.6) | 1 (0.4) |
Skin cancer | 14 (5.4) | 2 (0.8) |
Cancer of unknown primary | 5 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) |
Others | 18 (6.9) | 24 (9.3) |
Treatments (including duplicates) | ||
Surgery | 217 (83.8) | 208 (80.3) |
Radiation therapy | 92 (35.5) | 95 (36.7) |
Chemotherapy | 147 (56.8) | 101 (39.0) |
Patients’ treatment status | ||
Patients are currently under cancer treatment | 138 (53.3) | 118 (45.6) |
Cancer was cured, and treatment was completed. | 90 (34.7) | 120 (46.3) |
Cancer is not cured, but aggressive treatment has been completed. | 12 (4.6) | 12 (4.6) |
Others | 19 (7.3) | 9 (3.5) |
Academic background | ||
Junior high-school graduates | 8 (3.1) | 10 (3.9) |
High-school graduates | 68 (26.3) | 73 (28.2) |
Vocational school/junior college graduates | 53 (20.5) | 65 (25.1) |
Four-year college graduates | 130 (50.2) | 111 (42.9) |
Work | ||
Full-time employment | 98 (37.8) | 140 (54.1) |
Part-time employment | 28 (10.8) | 35 (13.5) |
Full-time housewife | 37 (14.3) | 55 (21.2) |
Leave of absence because of the disease | 15 (5.8) | 1 (0.4) |
Voluntary retirement because of the disease | 21 (8.1) | 6 (2.3) |
Dismissal (closure of business) because of the disease | 11 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) |
Mandatory retirement | 23 (8.9) | 12 (4.6) |
Unemployed | 11 (4.2) | 6 (2.3) |
Others | 15 (5.8) | 4 (1.5) |