Table 2 Clinical characteristics of study population
From: Cancer patients' attitudes towards Chinese medicine: a Hong Kong survey
Variables | No. of patients n(%) | Western medicine n(%) | Chinese medicine n(%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 786(100.0) | 337(42.9) | 449(57.1) | |
Cancer type | < 0.001 | |||
Lung | 145(18.4) | 46(13.6) | 99(22.0) | |
Breast | 128(16.3) | 50(14.8) | 78(17.4) | |
Prostate | 22(2.8) | 11(3.3) | 11(2.4) | |
Colorectal | 114(14.5) | 53(15.7) | 61(13.6) | |
Liver | 13(1.7) | 1(0.3) | 12(2.7) | |
Stomach | 15(1.9) | 4(1.2) | 11(2.4) | |
Nasopharyngeal | 117(14.9) | 45(13.4) | 72(16.0) | |
Cervical | 17(2.2) | 12(3.6) | 5(1.1) | |
Endometrial | 23(2.9) | 13(3.9) | 10(2.2) | |
Ovary | 18(2.3) | 12(3.6) | 6(1.3) | |
Other | 174(22.1) | 90(26.7) | 84(18.7) | |
Stage (TNM) | < 0.001 | |||
0-I | 106(13.5) | 56(16.6) | 50(11.1) | |
II | 122(15.5) | 49(14.5) | 73(16.3) | |
III | 202(25.7) | 71(21.1) | 131(29.2) | |
IV | 116(14.8) | 35(10.4) | 81(18.0) | |
Unknown | 240(30.5) | 126(37.5) | 114(25.4) | |
Time since diagnosis (months) | 0.005 | |||
≦36 | 537(68.3) | 216(64.1) | 321(71.5) | |
>36, ≦48 | 59(7.5) | 23(6.8) | 36(8.0) | |
>48, <60 | 27(3.4) | 9(2.7) | 18(4.0) | |
≧60 | 153(19.5) | 81(24.0) | 72(16.0) | |
Unknown | 10(1.3) | 8(2.4) | 2(0.4) | |