Table 1 Patient characteristics
Characteristic | No. of patients |
|---|---|
Total patients | 63 |
Gender | |
Male | 21 |
Female | 42 |
Age (years) | |
Median | 55 |
Range | 24–75 |
WHO performance status | |
0 | 13 |
1 | 22 |
2 | 28 |
Tumour primary site | |
Colon/rectum | 20 |
Ovary | 11 |
Melanoma | 6 |
Lung | 5 |
Breast | 3 |
Cervix | 3 |
Unknown primary | 3 |
Pancreas | 2 |
Oesophagus | 2 |
Kidney | 2 |
Soft-tissue sarcoma | 2 |
Other | 4 |
Previous treatment | |
Chemotherapy | 55 |
Radiotherapy | 25 |
Biotherapy/hormones | 11 |
None | 1 |