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Table 1 Baseline Demographic and Disease Characteristics for Patients Who Provided BPI-SF or RSCL at Baseline

From: Patient-reported pain and other quality of life domains as prognostic factors for survival in a phase III clinical trial of patients with advanced breast cancer

 

BPI-SF patients

RSCL patients

Number of patients with baseline assessment

286

336

Age, median (range)

55 (27–83)

54 (27–83)

Age ≥ 65 years (n, %)

56 (19.6)

59 (17.6)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Caucasian

202 (70.6)

220 (65.5)

 Asian

15 (5.2)

16 (4.8)

 Hispanic

55 (19.2)

86 (25.6)

 Other

14 (4.9)

14 (4.2)

Stage at entry (n, %)

 Unresectable

14 (4.9)

15 (4.5)

 Metastatic

272 (95.1)

321 (95.5)

Karnofsky Performance Status (n, %)

  < 90

75 (26.2)

86 (25.6)

 90 or 100

210 (73.4)

249 (74.1)

 Unknown

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

Tumor metastatic site (n, %)

 Visceral

213 (74.5)

251 (74.7)

 Non-visceral only

73 (25.5)

85 (25.3)

Menopausal status

 Peri-menopausal

10 (3.6)

12 (3.6)

 Post-menopausal

237 (84.3)

277 (83.7)

 Pre-menopausal

34 (12.1)

42 (12.7)

 Unknown

5 (1.7)

5 (1.5)

Estrogen receptor status (n, %)

 Positive

117 (40.9)

133 (39.6)

 Negative

120 (42.0)

141 (42.0)

 Unknown

49 (17.1)

62 (18.5)

Progesterone receptor status

 Positive

101 (35.3)

113 (33.6)

 Negative

123 (43.0)

146 (43.5)

 Unknown

62 (21.7)

77 (22.9)

Pathologic diagnosis

 Ductal breast carcinoma

228 (79.7)

276 (82.1)

 Non-ductal breast carcinoma

58 (20.3)

60 (17.9)

Basis for pathologic diagnosis

 Histopathological

257 (89.9)

303 (90.2)

 Cytological

29 (10.1)

33 (9.8)

Prior radiotherapy

 Yes

196 (68.5)

238 (70.8)

 No

90 (31.5)

98 (29.2)

Prior hormone therapy

 Yes

151 (52.8)

164 (48.8)

 No

135 (47.2)

172 (51.2)

  1. BPI-SF Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form, RSCL Rotterdam Symptom Checklist