Experience and Expectations of Ovarian Cancer Patients in Australia

Table 1

Participant demographics.

Demographic		%
Age
35 to 44	5	12.5%
45 to 54	10	25.0%
55 to 64	10	25.0%
65 to 74	12	30.0%
75 or older	3	7.5%
Geographic location within Australia
NSW	15	37.5%
VIC	12	30.0%
QLD	7	17.5%
WA	6	15.0%
Level of education
Less than high school degree	1	2.5%
High school degree or equivalent	5	12.5%
Some university but no degree	12	30.0%
Bachelor degree	11	27.5%
Associate degree	5	12.5%
Graduate degree	6	15.0%
Year of diagnosis
2008	2	5.0%
2009	1	2.5%
2010	4	10.0%
2011	1	2.5%
2012	12	30.0%
2013	13	32.5%
2014	7	17.5%
Primary tumour site
Ovary	31	77.5%
Fallopian tube	8	20.0%
Peritoneum	1	2.5%
Histology
Epithelial	34	85.0%
(i) Serous: high grade	21	52.5%
(ii) Serous: low grade	3	7.5%
(iii) Clear cell	3	7.5%
(iv) Endometrioid	3	7.5%
(v) N/A or unknown	4	10.0%
Sex cord stromal	1	2.5%
Unknown	5	12.5%
BRCA status
Negative	20	50.5%
Positive	7	17.5%
Unknown	13	32.5%
Lines of chemotherapy completed
0	1	2.5%
1	20	50.0%
2	12	30.0%
3	5	12.5%
4	1	2.5%
5	1	2.5%
Current treatment status
Maintenance therapy after primary treatment	3	7.5%
Surveillance after primary treatment	16	40.0%
Maintenance therapy postrecurrence	5	12.5%
Surveillance postrecurrence	4	10.0%
Recurrence, with no treatment	2	5.0%
Recurrence, with treatment	9	22.5%
Palliative	1	2.5%