Table 1 Demographic and disease characteristics of the patients at baseline

From: Irreversible electroporation plus allogenic Vγ9Vδ2 T cells enhances antitumor effect for locally advanced pancreatic cancer patients

Clinical characteristics

All patients

P value

Patients in group A

P value

Group A

(n = 30)

Group B

(n = 32)

Single γδ T

(n = 16)

Multiple γδ T

(n = 14)

Median age (years)

63 (21–79)

61 (23–80)

0.759

62 (21–80)

64 (23–78)

0.998

Male sex

17 (56.7%)

19 (59.4%)

0.829

9 (56.2%)

8 (57.1%)

0.961

Location

  

0.885

  

0.881

Head

19 (63.3%)

21 (65.6%)

 

10 (62.5%)

9 (64.3%)

 

Body

8 (26.7%)

7 (21.9%)

 

4 (25.0%)

4 (28.6%)

 

Uncinate process

3 (10.0%)

4 (12.5%)

 

2 (12.5%)

1 (7.1%)

 

Median tumor diameter (cm)

4

3.9

0.051

4.1

3.9

0.236

Median tumor volume (cm3)

38.2

37.5

0.991

37.9

38.3

0.815

Previous surgical therapy

  

0.863

  

0.685

None

19 (63.3%)

21 (65.6%)

 

10 (62.5%)

9 (64.3%)

 

Explorative laparotomy

8 (26.7%)

9 (28.1%)

 

5 (31.3%)

3 (21.4%)

 

Others

3 (10.0%)

2 (6.3%)

 

1 (6.3%)

2 (14.3%)

 

Chemotherapy before IRE

  

0.944

  

0.993

None

6 (20.0%)

7 (21.9%)

 

3 (18.8%)

3 (21.4%)

 

Gemcitabine with or without nab-paclitaxel

4 (13.3%)

3 (9.4%)

 

2 (12.5%)

2 (14.3%)

 

FOLFIRINOX

18 (60.0%)

19 (59.4%)

 

10 (62.5%)

8 (57.1%)

 

Others

2 (6.7%)

3 (9.4%)

 

1 (6.3%)

1 (7.1%)

 
  1. IRE irreversible electroporation, FOLFIRINOX 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin