Table 1 Characteristics of patients
Characteristics | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
No of patients | 35 | 100 |
Age (years) | ||
Median | 55 | |
Range | 31–79 | |
Sex | ||
Males | 26 | 74 |
Females | 9 | 26 |
Performance status (ECOG) | ||
0–1 | 29 | 83 |
2 | 6 | 17 |
Site of primary disease | ||
Colon | 26 | 74 |
Rectum | 9 | 26 |
Stage at diagnosis | ||
IIB | 3 | 8 |
IIIB | 2 | 6 |
IIIC | 7 | 20 |
IV | 23 | 66 |
Prior therapy | ||
Surgery | 30 | 86 |
Radiotherapy | 9 | 26 |
Adjuvant chemotherapy | 10 | 28 |
No of previous chemotherapy | ||
First line | 16 | 46 |
Second line | 16 | 46 |
⩾Third line | 3 | 8 |
Metastatic sites | ||
Liver | 25 | 71 |
Lung | 10 | 29 |
Nodes | 14 | 40 |
Bones | 3 | 9 |
Pelvic local recurrence | 6 | 17 |
Peritoneum | 8 | 23 |
Rising serum markers | 1 | 3 |
No of metastatic sites | ||
1 | 18 | 51 |
2 | 13 | 37 |
⩾3 | 4 | 11 |
