Table 1 Clinical characteristics of gynaecological cancer patients attending treatment at TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014
Clinical characteristics | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Cancer type | Cervical | 108 | 77.2 |
Ovarian | 21 | 15.0 | |
Endometrial | 7 | 5.0 | |
Others(vaginal, vulvar) | 4 | 2.8 | |
Stage of the diseases (n = 117) | 1 | 12 | 10.3 |
2 | 49 | 41.9 | |
3 and 4 | 55 | 47.0 | |
Treatment type | Radiation | 84 | 60.0 |
Operation | 56 | 40.0 | |
Payment type | Paying | 103 | 73.6 |
Free | 37 | 26.4 | |
Care givers relation | Children | 96 | 68.6 |
Spouse | 25 | 17.9 | |
Sibling | 10 | 7.1 | |
Parents | 9 | 6.4 | |