Table 2.

Cancer characteristics and treatments initiated at inclusion

N = 3032, no. (%)
Site of the primary cancer  
 Breast 1023 (33.7) 
 Lung 560 (18.5) 
 Colorectal 472 (15.6) 
 Upper aerodigestive tract 168 (5.5) 
 Pancreas 162 (5.3) 
 Prostate 108 (3.6) 
 Gastric 103 (3.4) 
 Ovarian or peritoneal 98 (3.2) 
 Bladder or urinary tract 92 (3.0) 
 Liver or biliary tract 65 (2.1) 
 Uterus 64 (2.1) 
 Testis 25 (0.8) 
 Kidney 24 (0.8) 
 Brain 9 (0.3) 
 Bone 7 (0.2) 
 Other 21 (0.7) 
 Missing 31 (1.0) 
Cancer histological subtype  
 Adenocarcinoma 2362 (77.9) 
 Squamous cell carcinoma 305 (10.1) 
 Sarcoma 32 (1.1) 
 Other 333 (11.0) 
Metastasis 1310 (43.2) 
Mediastinal, thoracic, or cervical lymph adenopathies 792 (26.1) 
Treatments initiated at inclusion*  
 Surgical tumor resection 1350 (44.5) 
 Chemotherapy (conventional or targeted) 2921 (97.1) 
 Growth factors 910 (30.1) 
 Radiotherapy 239 (7.9) 
 Antiangiogenic agents 231 (7.6) 
 Hormone therapy 43 (1.4) 
 Parenteral nutrition 89 (3.0) 
N = 3032, no. (%)
Site of the primary cancer  
 Breast 1023 (33.7) 
 Lung 560 (18.5) 
 Colorectal 472 (15.6) 
 Upper aerodigestive tract 168 (5.5) 
 Pancreas 162 (5.3) 
 Prostate 108 (3.6) 
 Gastric 103 (3.4) 
 Ovarian or peritoneal 98 (3.2) 
 Bladder or urinary tract 92 (3.0) 
 Liver or biliary tract 65 (2.1) 
 Uterus 64 (2.1) 
 Testis 25 (0.8) 
 Kidney 24 (0.8) 
 Brain 9 (0.3) 
 Bone 7 (0.2) 
 Other 21 (0.7) 
 Missing 31 (1.0) 
Cancer histological subtype  
 Adenocarcinoma 2362 (77.9) 
 Squamous cell carcinoma 305 (10.1) 
 Sarcoma 32 (1.1) 
 Other 333 (11.0) 
Metastasis 1310 (43.2) 
Mediastinal, thoracic, or cervical lymph adenopathies 792 (26.1) 
Treatments initiated at inclusion*  
 Surgical tumor resection 1350 (44.5) 
 Chemotherapy (conventional or targeted) 2921 (97.1) 
 Growth factors 910 (30.1) 
 Radiotherapy 239 (7.9) 
 Antiangiogenic agents 231 (7.6) 
 Hormone therapy 43 (1.4) 
 Parenteral nutrition 89 (3.0) 
*

Missing data were distributed as follows: surgical tumor resection (n = 1), chemotherapy (n = 23), growth factors (n = 6), radiotherapy (n = 12), antiangiogenic agents (n = 5), hormone therapy (n = 7), parenteral nutrition (n = 36); details regarding treatments within each category are provided in supplemental Table 4.

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