Distinct experiences and care needs of advanced cancer patients with good ECOG performance status: a qualitative phenomenological study

Table 2 Clinical data of participants (N = 16)

	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	P8	P9	P10	P11	P12	P13	P14	P15	P16
Cancer diagnosis	Lung	Colon	Lung	Gastric	Gastric	Gastric	Lung	Gastric	Pancreas	Lung	Nasopharyngeal	Nasopharyngeal	Lung	Colon	Colon	Rectal
Time of diagnosis	Jan-19	Jan-20	Feb-20	Jan-20	May-22	Dec-21	Jul-22	Jul-20	Apr-22	Jan-16	Apr-18	Aug-20	Nov-21	Mar-22	Mar-22	Jan-21
Current cancer treatment	Chemotherapy	Chemotherapy, targeted therapy	Chemotherapy, targeted therapy	Chemotherapy, immunotherapy	Chemotherapy, immunotherapy	Chemotherapy, immunotherapy	Chemotherapy	Chemotherapy	Chemotherapy	Chemotherapy	None	Chemotherapy	Radiotherapy	Chemotherapy	Chemotherapy	Radiotherapy
Symptom	Shoulder pain	Fatigue	Fatigue	None	None	None	Coughing	Abdominal distention	None	None	None	Nasal bleeding	Dizziness	None	Abdominal distention	None
Expectation with care	Tumor suppression, symptom management	Tumor suppression	Tumor suppression	Tumor suppression	Tumor suppression	Tumor suppression	Tumor suppression	Tumor suppression, symptom management	Tumor suppression	Tumor suppression	Follow-up	Tumor suppression	Tumor suppression, symptom management	Tumor suppression	Tumor suppression, symptom management	Tumor suppression
Complementary and alternative medicine	CHM	CHM, moxibustion	CHM	CHM	Not reported	CHM, acupuncture	CHM	Not reported	None	CHM	Not reported	CHM, acupuncture	None	CHM	Not reported	Not reported

ISSN: 1472-684X