Table 1 Patient characteristics

Characteristics

All patients N = 4985

No ED visits N = 2212

At least one ED visit N = 2773

Age (years), mean ± SD

54 ± 14

55 ± 14.1

53.7 ± 13.8

Gender, N (%), female

3081 (61.8%)

1318 (59.6%)

1763 (63.6%)

Smoking, N (%)

1228 (24.6%)

503 (22.7%)

725 (26.1%)

Type of malignancy, N (%)

Proportion from entire population visited ED, n (%)

Proportion from each cancer type, n (%)

Solid

4421 (88.7%)

1989 (89.9%)

2432 (87.7%)

2432 (55%)

 Breast cancer

2046 (41%)

951 (43%)

1095 (39.5%)

1095 (53.5%)

 Gastrointestinal cancer

843 (17%)

287 (13%)

556 (20%)

556 (65.9%)

 Prostate cancer

324 (6.5%)

224 (10.1%)

100 (3.6%)

100 (30.4%)

 Genitourinary cancer

233 (4.7%)

146 (6.6%)

87 (3.1%)

87 (37.33%)

 Lung cancer

287 (5.7%)

89 (4%)

198 (7.1%)

198 (68.9%)

 Others

688 (13.8%)

292 (13.2%)

396 (14.2%)

396 (57.5%)

Hematology/N (%)

564 (11.3%)

223 (10.1%)

341 (12.3%)

341 (60.4%)

 Leukemia

70 (1.4%)

17 (0.8%)

53 (1.9%)

53 (75.7%)

 Lymphoma

387 (7.8%)

166 (7.5%)

221 (7.9%)

221 (57.1%)

 Multiple myeloma

107 (2.1%)

40 (1.8%)

67 (2.4%)

67 (62.6%)

Chemotherapy cycles received, median (IQR)

6 (3–11)

5 (2–10)

2 (1–3)