Table 1 Patient characteristics
Univariate analysis of baseline parameters for patients treated with early palliative RT with or without care by multidisciplinary palliative care team (MPCT) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Parameter | Without MPCT | With MPCT | p - Value |
Number of patients | Number of patients | ||
Patient number | 29 | 29 | |
ECOG performance status | |||
0/1 | 8 | 8 | |
2 | 11 | 11 | |
3/4 | 10 | 10 | 1.0 |
Median age at RT (years, range) | 65 (51-82) | 67 (42-81) | 0.83 |
Gender | |||
Male | 14 | 15 | |
Female | 15 | 14 | 1.0 |
Primary tumor site | |||
Prostate/Breast | 1 | 1 | |
Lung (small cell) | 3 | 2 | |
Lung (non-small cell) | 12 | 12 | |
Kidney | 7 | 7 | |
Others | 6 | 7 | 0.83 |
Total no. of TV in RT course | |||
1 | 19 | 19 | |
2 | 7 | 8 | |
3 | 3 | 2 | 0.88 |
Disease extent | |||
Distant metastases | 27 | 27 | |
No distant metastases | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
Liver metastases | |||
No | 24 | 21 | |
Yes | 5 | 8 | 0.53 |
Lung metastases | |||
No | 17 | 21 | |
Yes | 12 | 8 | 0.41 |
Adrenal gland metastases | |||
No | 26 | 22 | |
Yes | 3 | 7 | 0.30 |
Brain metastases | |||
No | 20 | 20 | |
Yes | 9 | 9 | 1.0 |
Bone metastases | |||
No | 11 | 12 | |
Yes | 18 | 17 | 1.0 |
Metastatic spinal cord compression | |||
No | 26 | 26 | |
Yes | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
Steroids during RTa | |||
No | 10 | 7 | |
Yes | 19 | 22 | 0.36 |
Analgeticsa | |||
No opioids | 12 | 10 | |
Opioids | 17 | 19 | 0.79 |
Systemic cancer treatment | |||
No | 23 | 22 | |
Started before RT | 6 | 7 | 1.0 |
Charlson comorbidity index | |||
0 | 8 | 4 | |
1-2 | 10 | 16 | |
>2 | 11 | 9 | 0.23 |
Incomplete RTb | |||
No | 25 | 26 | |
Yes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |