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Table 4 Cox regression results for the type of oncological therapy

From: Use of symptom-focused oncological cancer therapies in hospices: a retrospective analysis

 

Hazard Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

p

Hospice

1.02

[0.86,1.2]

0.8329

Age

1.01

[1,1.02]

0.0212

Sex (female)

0.82

[0.68,0.99]

0.0416

Gastrointestinal cancer

0.92

[0.72,1.17]

0.4854

Gynaecological cancer

0.86

[0.65,1.13]

0.2805

Haematological systemic disease

1.38

[0.93,2.07]

0.1133

Brain cancer

0.62

[0.45,0.87]

0.0053

ENT tract cancer

0.69

[0.45,1.06]

0.0873

Other cancer

0.75

[0.49,1.13]

0.1626

Urological cancer

0.94

[0.67,1.32]

0.7376

Anti-hormonal therapy

0.47

[0.18,1.18]

0.1064

Radiotherapy

0.54

[0.22,1.36]

0.1929

Bisphosphonates

0.48

[0.25,0.91]

0.0254

Chemotherapy

1.49

[0.62,3.62]

0.3751

Transfusions

0.5

[0.24,1.02]

0.0564

Targeted therapies

0.41

[0.15,1.1]

0.0771