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Table 1 Demographics of patients that underwent surgery compared to no surgery

From: Emergency surgical consultation for cancer patients: identifying the prognostic determinants of health

Characteristic

All patients N (%)

Surgery N (%)

No surgery N (%)

P value

Total patients

189

90 (47.6)

99 (52.4)

 

Age in years, mean±SD

65.9±14.5

67.5±13.7

64.5±15.1

0.158

Female

101 (53.4)

45 (50)

56 (56.6)

0.817

Type of cancer

 Lower GI

97 (51.3)

54 (60)

43 (43.4)

 

 Upper GI

26 (13.8)

10 (11.1)

16 (16.2)

 

 Non-viscerala

29 (15.3)

12 (13.3)

17 (17.2)

0.051

 Hematological

11 (5.8)

7 (7.8)

4 (4)

 

 Othersb

26 (13.8)

7 (7.8)

19 (19.2)

 

New cancer diagnosis

42 (22.2)

27 (30)

15 (15.2)

0.014

Metastatic disease

94 (49.7)

35 (38.9)

59 (59.6)

0.004

Systemic therapyc

55 (29.1)

14 (15.6)

41 (41.4)

<0.001

Adjuvant therapyd

70 (37)

37 (41.1)

33 (33.3)

0.269

Radiation therapy

2 (1.1)

0

2 (2)

-

Mortality

105 (55.6)

48 (53.3)

57 (57.6)

0.558

 30-day mortality

28 (14.8)

6 (6.7)

22 (22.2)

0.003

 60-day mortality

41 (21.7)

14 (15.6)

27 (27.3)

0.051

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aNon-visceral: skin, breast, and sarcoma
  3. bGYN, urological, ENT, and lung
  4. cActive cancer therapy including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy
  5. dCancer therapy within 12 weeks postoperatively