The Development and Validation of a Measure of Health-Related Quality of Life for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Lymphoma (FACT-Lym)
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of the sample at baseline.
Clinical characteristics
Patient sample () (%)
NHL type
B Cell
77 (91.6%)
T Cell
5 (6.0%)
Other
1 (1.2%)
Missing
1 (1.2%)
NHL grade
Low
50 (59.5%)
Intermediate
22 (26.2%)
High
12 (14.3%)
Extent
Single site (excluding abdomen/mediastinum)
6 (7.1%)
Disease above the diaphragm (including mediastinum)
15 (17.9%)
Disease below the diaphragm (including GI disease)
21 (25.0%)
Disease on both sides of the diaphragm
19 (22.6%)
Any of the above with bone marrow or CNS involvement