Research Article
Uptake and Tolerance of Chemotherapy in Elderly Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer and Impact on Survival
Table 1
Association of demographic/clinical characteristics and age of patients diagnosed with SCLC who had an oncologist-consult.
| | | | Age at diagnosis | Age at diagnosis 80 | 75–79 years
(%) | years and older
(%) |
| | Total | | 111 | 60 |
| | Sex | | | | | Male | | 61 (55) | 36 (60) | | Female | | 50 (45) | 24 (40) |
| | Stage | | | | | Extensive | | 85 (77) | 46 (77) | | Limited | | 25 (23) | 13 (22) | | Unknown | | 1 (1) | 1 (2) |
| | ECOG | | | | | 0, 1, and 2 | | 51 (46) | 19 (32) | | 3 and 4 | | 43 (39) | 28 (47) | | Missing | | 17 (15) | 13 (22) |
| Number of
co-morbidities | | | | | 0 | | 13 (12) | 3 (5) | | 1 | | 44 (40) | 20 (33) | | 2 | | 26 (23) | 24 (40) | | ≥3 | | 28 (25) | 13 (22) |
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