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Table 1 Participants descriptive statistics

From: Experiences of patients who developed oral mucositis during solid neoplasms treatment: a Ugandan qualitative study

 

IDIs

FGDs

Age

  

Gender

Female

8

15

Male

5

13

Cancer diagnosis

Breast cancer

8

4

Chorio carcinoma

 

5

Kaposi’s Sarcoma

2

1

Ovarian Carcinoma

 

2

Cervical Carcinoma

 

2

Oesophageal carcinoma

 

2

Colorectal carcinoma

1

1

Pancreatic carcinoma

 

1

Small cell lung carcinoma

1

1

Nasopahrgeal carcinoma

 

1

Sinonaso carcinoma

2

1

Osteosarcoma

 

2

Rhabdosarcoma

 

1

Fibrosarcoma

 

4

Chemotherapy

Cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin

5 fluoro-uracil (CAF)

8

4

Etoposide, Methotrexate, Actinomycin D, Cyclophosphamide Vincristine (EMACO)

 

5

Bleomycin and Vinicristine (BV)

2

1

5 fluoro-uracil, Leucovorin and Oxaliplatin (FolFox-6)

1

 

Cisplatin and Etoposide

1

 

Gemicitabine, Bleomycin, Etoposide and Cisplatin

 

1

Cisplatin and Etoposide

1

 

Cisplatin and 5 Fluoro Uracil

 

2

Cisplatin and Paclitaxel

 

3

Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cytarabine and Dounorubicin

 

1

Bleomycin, Vinicristine and Paclitaxel

 

2

Ifosphamide and Doxorubicin

 

1

Bleomycin, Etoposide and Cisplatin

 

1

Cisplatin and Doxorubicin

 

2

Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine

 

1

Vincristine,Adriamycin and Dacabazine

 

1

Gemicitabine and Docetaxel

 

1

Cyclophosphamide,Adriamycin, Vincristine and Prednisolone (CHOP)

1

 

Paclitaxel

 

2