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Table 2 Cancer types

From: Outcomes of ICU patients with and without perceptions of excessive care: a comparison between cancer and non-cancer patients

 

Uncontrolled cancer (n = 117)

Controlled cancer (n = 270)

Solid malignancy

 Breast

9 (7.7%)

13 (4.8%)

 Colon

11 (9.4%)

41 (15.2%)

 Head and neck

8 (6.8%)

27 (10%)

 Lung

11 (9.4%)

18 (6.7%)

 Esophagus and stomach

13 (11.1%)

28 (10.4%)

 Pancreas

1 (0.9%)

16 (5.9%)

 Other

32 (27.4%)

76 (28.1%)

Hematological malignancy

 Acute leukemia

11 (9.4%)

21 (7.8%)

 Lymphoma (Hodgkin, non-Hodgkin)

10 (8.6%)

18 (6.7%)

 Other

15 (12.8%)

17 (6.3%)

  1. 6 patients had both acute leukemia and a solid malignancy (breast cancer, colon cancer and ‘other cancer’), 3 patients had both lymphoma and a solid malignancy (breast cancer, head and neck cancer and ‘other cancer’)