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Table 4 First therapeutic strategy according to patients’ vital statusa (N = 6,981)

From: Early mortality in lung cancer: French prospective multicentre observational study

 

Vital status at

 

1 month

 

3 months

 
 

Alive

Dead

 

Alive

Dead

 
 

N = 6,303

N = 678

p-value

N = 5,360

N = 1,621

p-value

At least one therapy

n = 6,303

n = 678

 

n = 5,360

n = 1,621

 

 Yes, n (%)

6,177 (98.0)

559 (82.4)

 

5,273 (98.4)

1,463 (90.3)

 
   

<0.001

  

<0.001

 No, n (%)

126 (2.0)

119 (17.6)

 

87 (1.6)

158 (19.7)

 

At least one cancer therapy

n = 6,303

n = 678

 

n = 5,360

n = 1,621

 

 Yes, n (%)

5,789 (91.8)

241 (35.5)

 

5,102 (95.2)

928 (57.2)

 
   

<0.001

  

<0.001

 No, n (%)

514 (8.2)

437 (64.5)

 

258 (4.8)

693 (42.8)

 

At least one cancer therapy, exclusively

n = 6,303

n = 678

 

n = 5,360

n = 1,621

 

 Yes, n (%)

5,740 (91.1)

225 (33.2)

 

5,084 (94.9)

881 (54.3)

 
   

<0.001

  

<0.001

 No, n (%)

563 (8.9)

453 (66.8)

 

276 (5.1)

740 (45.7)

 

Included in a therapeutic trial

n = 6,303

n = 678

 

n = 5,360

n = 1,621

 

 Yes, n (%)

221 (3.5)

2 (0.3)

 

209 (3.9)

14 (0.9)

 
   

<0.001

  

<0.001

 No, n (%)

6,082 (96.5)

676 (99.7)

 

5,151 (96.1)

1,607 (99.1)

 

Multidisciplinary meeting

n = 6,296

n = 671

 

n = 5,355

n = 1,612

 

 Yes, n (%)

6,011 (95.5)

488 (72.7)

 

5,139 (96.0)

1,360 (84.4)

 
   

<0.001

  

<0.001

 No, n (%)

285 (4.5)

183 (27.3)

 

216 (4.0)

252 (15.6)

 
  1. a1 and 3 months after the diagnosis of primary lung cancer (date of diagnosis = date of histological or cytological sampling)
  2. N or n: number of subjects