BMC Palliative Care

Table 2 Characteristics of family caregivers for patients diagnosed with thoracic cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy

From: Patients and family caregivers report high treatment expectations during palliative chemotherapy: a longitudinal prospective study

Variable	n(%)
Sex
Female	29(81)
Male	7(19)
Age (years)^a
Median	62.5
Range	19–74
Unknown	2
Relation
Spouse	27(75)
Partner	3(8)
Child	6(17)

^a Missing data for two family caregivers

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