Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with cancer across independent cohorts

From: Macrovascular tumor infiltration and circulating tumor cell cluster dynamics in patients with cancer approaching the end of life

Demographic and clinical information

UTSW retrospective cohort

UTSW prospective cohort

German validation cohort

Patients (n)

108

21

1,250

Sex, n (%)

 Female

50 (46.3)

13 (61.9)

630 (50.4)

 Male

58 (53.7)

8 (38.1)

620 (49.6)

Race, n (%)

 White

55 (50.9)

20 (95.2)

1,237 (99.0)

 Black

46 (42.6)

1 (4.8)

 Asian

1 (0.9)

6 (0.5)

 Other

4 (3.7)

7 (0.6)

 Unknown

2 (1.9)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Non-Hispanic/Latino

69 (63.9)

20 (95.2)

1,250 (100.0)

 Hispanic/Latino

39 (36.1)

1 (4.8)

 Age, median (Q1, Q3)

56.0 (49.0,64.2)

64.0 (58.0,69.0)

68.0 (60.0,75.5)

Primary tumor site, n (%)

 Lung

20 (18.5)

3 (14.3)

250 (20.0)

 Colorectal

17 (15.7)

4 (19.0)

250 (20.0)

 Pancreas + pancreatobiliary

3 (2.8)

4 + 1 (23.8)

250 (20.0)

 Liver

11 (10.2)

250 (20.0)

 Ovarian

1 (0.9)

250 (20.0)

 Breast

7 (6.5)

5 (23.8)

 Endometrial

3 (2.8)

1 (4.8)

 Esophagus

3 (2.8)

1 (4.8)

 Kidney

3 (2.8)

1 (4.8)

 Prostate

3 (2.8)

1 (4.8)

 Cholangiocarcinoma

7 (6.5)

 Pancreatobiliary of unknown primary

6 (5.6)

 Sarcoma

6 (5.6)

 Stomach

5 (4.6)

 Urinary bladder

4 (3.7)

 Cervical

2 (1.9)

 Gynecological of unknown primary

2 (1.9)

 Thymus

2 (1.9)

 Head and neck

1 (0.9)

 Thyroid

1 (0.1)

 Small bowel

1 (0.1)

Stage at diagnosis, n (%)

 I

2 (1.9)

237 (19.0)

 II

9 (8.3)

275 (22.0)

 III

11 (10.2)

2 (9.5)

394 (31.5)

 IV

57 (52.8)

13 (61.9)

344 (27.5)

 Unknown

29 (26.9)

6 (28.6)

Metastasis, n (%)

 No

11 (10.2)

829 (66.3)

 Yes

97 (89.8)

21 (100.0)

421 (33.7)