Table 1 Patients characteristics

From: Irinotecan plus raltitrexed as first-line treatment in advanced colorectal cancer: a phase II study

Characteristic

No. (%)

Age (mean and range)

62 (31–77)

Sex

 Male

54 (59%)

 Female

37 (41%)

ECOG performance status

 0

50 (55%)

 1

39 (43%)

 2

2 (2%)

Primary site

 Colon

54 (59%)

 Rectum

37 (41)

Metastasis sites

 Liver

65 (71%)

 Lung

29 (32%)

 Local abdominal mass

23 (25%)

 Others

22 (24%)

No. of metastatic sites

 1

34 (37%)

 2

25 (28%)

3

32 (35%)

Adjuvant chemotherapy

 Yes

44 (48%)

 No

47 (52%)