Table 3 Chemotherapy use according to risk of recurrence and fitness.

From: Bridging The Age Gap: observational cohort study of effects of chemotherapy and trastuzumab on recurrence, survival and quality of life in older women with early breast cancer

(a) Use of chemotherapy by risk status.

Risk

Chemotherapy

No Chemotherapy

Total

High risk

376 (24.7%)

1144 (75.3%)

1520 (100.0%)

Non-high risk

21 (1.6%)

1270 (98.4%)

1291 (100.0%)

Total

397 (14.1%)

2414 (85.9%)

2811 (100.0%)

(b) Use of chemotherapy by fitness.

Fitness

Chemotherapy

No Chemotherapy

Total

Fit

322 (15.6%)

1737 (84.4%)

2059 (100.0%)

Vulnerable

75 (10.0%)

675 (90.0%)

750 (100.0%)

Frail

0 (0.0%)

2 (100.0%)

2 (100.0%)

Total

397 (14.1%)

2414 (85.9%)

2811 (100.0%)

(c) Use of chemotherapy by risk and fitness.

Fitness

High risk

Non-high risk

Total

Chemotherapy

No chemotherapy

Chemotherapy

No chemotherapy

Fit

306 (14.9%)

794 (38.6%)

16 (0.8%)

943 (45.8%)

2059 (100.0%)

Vulnerable

70 (9.3%)

349 (46.5%)

5 (0.7%)

326 (43.5%)

750 (100.0%)

Frail

0 (0.0%)

1 (50%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (50%)

2 (100%)

Total

376 (13.4%)

1144 (40.7%)

21 (0.7%)

1270 (45.2%)

2811 (100.0%)

  1. Bold values represent the total numbers for each column or row.