Treatment by Cancer
Characteristic Breast
N = 7,459
1
Colorectal
N = 3,242
1
Lung/Bronchus
N = 6,066
1
Prostate
N = 4,835
1
Chemotherapy



    Yes 1,958 (26%) 1,391 (43%) 2,628 (43%) 109 (2.3%)
    No 5,049 (68%) 1,490 (46%) 2,697 (44%) 4,660 (96%)
    Too risky/patient died 89 (1.2%) 143 (4.4%) 340 (5.6%) 24 (0.5%)
    Recommended, patient refused 299 (4.0%) 158 (4.9%) 364 (6.0%) 34 (0.7%)
    Unknown 64 (0.9%) 60 (1.9%) 37 (0.6%) 8 (0.2%)
Radiation



    Yes 773 (10%) 108 (3.3%) 502 (8.3%) 313 (6.5%)
    No 657 (8.8%) 525 (16%) 688 (11%) 554 (11%)
    Recommended, patient refused 1 (<0.1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (<0.1%)
    Unknown 6,028 (81%) 2,609 (80%) 4,876 (80%) 3,966 (82%)
Hormone therapy



    Yes 4,971 (67%) 2 (<0.1%) 20 (0.3%) 1,879 (39%)
    No 1,490 (20%) 3,221 (99%) 6,018 (99%) 2,833 (59%)
    Too risky/patient died 63 (0.8%) 1 (<0.1%) 8 (0.1%) 12 (0.2%)
    Recommended, patient refused 592 (7.9%) 5 (0.2%) 13 (0.2%) 82 (1.7%)
    Unknown 343 (4.6%) 13 (0.4%) 7 (0.1%) 29 (0.6%)
Surgery



    Yes 354 (4.7%) 487 (15%) 3,702 (61%) 3,125 (65%)
    No 6,935 (93%) 2,634 (81%) 1,590 (26%) 1,513 (31%)
    Too risky/patient died 69 (0.9%) 51 (1.6%) 676 (11%) 119 (2.5%)
    Recommended, patient refused 65 (0.9%) 46 (1.4%) 89 (1.5%) 69 (1.4%)
    Unknown 36 (0.5%) 24 (0.7%) 9 (0.1%) 9 (0.2%)
Immunotherapy



    Yes 637 (8.5%) 178 (5.5%) 1,518 (25%) 33 (0.7%)
    No 6,748 (90%) 3,022 (93%) 4,315 (71%) 4,792 (99%)
    Too risky/patient died 8 (0.1%) 16 (0.5%) 99 (1.6%) 2 (<0.1%)
    Recommended, patient refused 32 (0.4%) 13 (0.4%) 101 (1.7%) 2 (<0.1%)
    Unknown 34 (0.5%) 13 (0.4%) 33 (0.5%) 6 (0.1%)
Rural Classification



    Isolated rural 1,446 (19%) 653 (20%) 1,250 (21%) 1,084 (22%)
    Large rural 1,319 (18%) 586 (18%) 1,103 (18%) 846 (17%)
    Small rural 843 (11%) 465 (14%) 815 (13%) 626 (13%)
    Urban 3,849 (52%) 1,537 (47%) 2,898 (48%) 2,279 (47%)
    Missing 2 1 0 0
1 n (%)