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Table 1 Characteristics of n = 72 tumor patients (ENT: ear, nose and throat)

From: Patient information in radiation oncology: a cross-sectional pilot study using the EORTC QLQ-INFO26 module

  

overall cohort n = 72

  

n

%

diagnosis

ENT

15

21

 

uterus

3

4

 

brain

6

8

 

rectal

8

11

 

lung

8

11

 

esophagus/gastric

3

4

 

breast

13

18

 

prostate

6

8

 

lymphoma

5

7

 

brain metastasis

1

1

 

others

4

6

sex

male

43

60

 

female

29

40

age

<30

4

6

 

40-49

10

14

 

50-59

18

25

 

60-69

19

26

 

>69

21

29

education

basic ("Volkschule/Hauptschule")

28

39

 

intermediate("Mittlere Reife")

22

31

 

high("Abitur")

4

6

 

university degree

8

11