Demographic and clinical characteristics (n=157)
Characteristics | Self-reported version | Proxy-reported version | ||
Frequency | Frequency | |||
n | % | n | % | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 72 | 62.1 | 6 | 14.6 |
Female | 44 | 37.9 | 35 | 85.4 |
Race | ||||
White | 60 | 52.6 | 13 | 31.7 |
Black | 10 | 8.8 | 6 | 14.6 |
Mixed | 42 | 36.8 | 22 | 53.7 |
Asian | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
Primary tumour | ||||
Solid | 65 | 58.0 | 20 | 48.7 |
Haematological | 43 | 38.4 | 17 | 41.4 |
Central nervous system | 4 | 3.6 | 2 | 4.8 |
Without defined diagnosis | – | – | 2 | 4.8 |
Distant metastasis | ||||
No | 86 | 75.4 | 31 | 75.6 |
Yes | 28 | 24.6 | 10 | 24.4 |
Treatment performed | ||||
Chemotherapy | 116 | 100.0 | 41 | 100.0 |
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy | 14 | 12.1 | 1 | 2.4 |
Chemotherapy and surgery | 33 | 28.4 | 14 | 34.1 |
Transplant | – | – | 1 | 2.4 |
Amputation | ||||
No | 106 | 93.8 | 40 | 97.6 |
Yes | 7 | 6.2 | 1 | 2.4 |