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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: Pharmaceutical intervention for adverse events improves quality of life in patients with cancer undergoing outpatient chemotherapy

Number of patients (male/female)

151

(63/88)

Age, median (min-max)

60

(28–82)

Number of chemotherapy courses

210

Cancer

 Breast cancer

42

27.8%

 Colorectal cancer

40

26.5%

 Pancreatic cancer

20

13.2%

 Gastric cancer

17

11.3%

 Head and neck cancer

9

6.0%

 Lung cancer

9

6.0%

 Ovarian cancer/cervical cancer/uterine cancer

5

3.3%

 Biliary tract cancer

4

2.6%

 Angiosarcoma

1

0.7%

 Esophageal cancer

1

0.7%

 Malignant lymphoma

1

0.7%

 Malignant pleural mesothelioma

1

0.7%

 Peritoneal cancer

1

0.7%

Regimen

 L-OHP + fluoropyrimidines±Bmab/Pmab/Tmab

32

21.2%

 PTX/Nab-PTX ± Tmab/ramucirumab/Bmab/Cmab

27

17.9%

 Anthracyclines+cyclophosphamide

17

11.3%

 GEM+Nab-PTX

12

7.9%

CPT-11 ± fluoropyrimidines±Bmab/aflibercept/ramucirumab/Pmab

11

7.3%

 DOC/GEM/EPI/VNR/NabPTX+PER+Tmab

10

6.6%

 FOLFIRINOX/FOLFOXIRI+Bmab

8

5.3%

 CBDCA±PEM ± Bmab±Cmab

7

4.6%

 GEM±S-1 ± CDDP

7

4.6%

 Pembrolizumab/nivolumab/durvalmab/atezolizumab

6

4.0%

 TAS102 + Bmab

4

2.6%

 DOC/LipoDOX±Bmab

3

2.0%

 Maintenance chemotherapy (Tmab/rituximab)

2

1.3%

 S-1 + DOC

2

1.3%

 Other (CMF/Eribulin/T-DM1)

3

2.0%

  1. L-OHP, oxaliplatin; Bmab, bevacizumab; Pmab, panitumumab; Tmab, trastuzumab; PTX, paclitaxel; Nab-PTX, nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel; Cmab, cetuximab; GEM, gemcitabine; CPT-11, irinotecan; DOC, docetaxel; EPI, epirubicin; VNR, vinorelbine; PER, pertuzumab; FOLFIRINOX/FOLFOXIRI, L-OHP + CPT-11 + 5-FU; CBDCA, carboplatin; PEM, pemetrexed; S-1, tegafur+gimeracil+oteracil; CDDP, cisplatin; LipoDOX, doxorubicin liposomal; TAS102, trifluridine; CMF, cyclophosphamide+methotrexate+ 5-FU; T-DM1, trastuzumab emtansine