Table 1: Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.
| N = 543 | % | ||
| Male gender | 239 | 44.02 | |
| Female gender | 304 | 55.98 | |
| Age-mean | 53.6 ± 16.4 | ||
| Age (range) | 19-81 | ||
| Indications for implantation | Breast cancer | 194 | 35.72 | 
| Colon cancer | 172 | 31.67 | |
| Gastric cancer | 70 | 12.89 | |
| Lung cancer | 43 | 7.91 | |
| Pancreatic cancer | 25 | 4.60 | |
| Rectum cancer | 19 | 3.49 | |
| Other malignancy | 14 | 2.57 | |
| For intravenous treatment | 6 | 1.10 | |
| Accessed vein | Right subclavian vein | 392 | 72.37 | 
| Left subclavian vein | 141 | 25.96 | |
| Right Jugular vein | 7 | 1.28 | |
| Left jugular vein | 2 | 0.36 | |
| Right femoral vein | 1 | 0.18 | |
| Mean port catheter duration time-month | 
 | 352 ± 241 | 
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