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Table 5 Incidence of herpes zoster-related pain

From: The epidemiology of herpes zoster and its complications in Medicare cancer patients

Outcome Measure

First events

Population1

% with herpes zoster-related pain

All Cancer

27,664

66,222

41.8

Hematologic Cancers 2

3,611

7,574

47.7

 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

914

1,754

52.1

 Acute Lymphocytic or Acute Myeloid Leukemia

79

257

30.7

 Other Leukemia

161

391

41.2

 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

133

283

47.0

 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

2,324

4,891

47.5

Solid Cancers 2

24,070

58,670

41.0

 Bladder Cancer

1,716

4,140

41.4

 Breast Cancer

6,822

15,819

43.1

 Colorectal Cancer

3,010

7,354

40.9

 Head and Neck Cancer

1,030

2,530

40.7

 Lung Cancer

2,495

6,376

39.1

 Melanoma

1,666

3,961

42.1

 Ovarian Cancer

343

844

40.6

 Prostate Cancer

6,847

17,371

39.4

 Soft Tissue Sarcoma

141

275

51.3

  1. Notes:
  2. 1Patients were observed following the incident diagnosis of herpes zoster.
  3. 2P-values of differences in % of patients with herpes zoster-related pain for hematologic vs. solid cancer <0.01.