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Table 1 Patient baseline characteristics

From: Clinical outcomes of chemotherapy in patients with undifferentiated carcinoma of the pancreas: a retrospective multicenter cohort study

 

All patients

(n = 50)

Missing

Sex

 Male (%)

34 (68.0)

 

 Female (%)

16 (32.0)

Age (y)

 Median (range)

69 (41–83)

 

ECOG PS

 0 (%)

13 (26.0)

2 (4.0)

 1 (%)

31 (62.0)

  ≥ 2 (%)

4 (8.0)

Prior surgical resection

25 (50.0)

 

Tumor location

 Head (%)

24 (48.0)

 

 Body-Tail (%)

26 (52.0)

Tumor size (cm)

 Median (range)

4.5 (2.0–18.0)

1 (2.0)

Extent of disease

 Locally advanced (%)

6 (12.0)

 

 Metastatic (%)

44 (88.0)

Measurable metastatic sites

 Liver (%)

26 (52.0)

 

 Lymph node (%)

20 (40.0)

 Lung (%)

4 (8.0)

 Peritoneal (%)

12 (24.0)

LDH, U/L

 Median (range)

205 (128–909)

2 (4.0)

CRP, mg/L

 Median (range)

13 (0–178)

2 (4.0)

CEA, ng/mL

 Median (range)

3.0 (0.7–64.1)

1 (2.0)

CA19–9, U/mL

 Median (range)

35.7 (1.0–43,645)

1 (2.0)

Histological subtype

 Anaplastic type (%)

16 (32.0)

 

 Sarcomatoid type (%)

4 (8.0)

 Undifferentiated carcinoma with OGCs (%)

11 (22.0)

 NOS (%)

19 (38.0)

  1. ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, CRP C-reactive protein, CEA carcinoembryonic antigen, CA19–9 carbohydrate antigen 19–9, OGCs osteoclast-like giant cells, NOS not otherwise specified