Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study patients.

From: Real-world data analysis of patients with cancer of unknown primary

Characteristics

Total (n = 218)

Sex

 

Male

136 (62.4)

Female

82 (37.4)

Age

≥ 60

93 (42.5)

< 60

125 (57.3)

ECOG performance status

0, 1

142 (65.1)

≥ 2

76 (34.7)

NGS

22 (10.1)

Disease extent

Localized disease

33 (15.1)

 Lymph nodesa

17 (51.5)

 Intra-abdominal, pelvis mass

5 (15.2)

 Bone

2 (6.1)

 Liver

2 (6.1)

 Mediastinal mass

2 (6.1)

 Peritoneum carcinomatosis alone

2 (6.1)

 Extremity

1 (3.0)

 Head and neck lesion

1 (3.0)

 Intestine

1 (3.0)

Disseminated disease

185 (84.9)

 Lymph nodes

148 (80)

 Bone

86 (46.4)

 Liver

74 (40)

 Intra-abdominal organ except liverb

50 (27)

 Lung

50 (27)

 Peritoneum

35 (18.9)

 Pleural effusion

19 (10.2)

 Adrenal gland

15 (8.1)

 Brain

7 (3.7)

 Head and neck lesion

7 (3.7)

 Muscle

5 (2.7)

 Skin

4 (2.1)

  1. Values are n (%).
  2. ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology group, NGS next-generation sequencing.
  3. aIncludes cervical (10), Inguinal (5), hepatoduodenal (1) and axillary (1) lymph nodes.
  4. bIncludes pelvic mass (8), pancreas (7), Gallbladder (7), Ovary (6), intestine (6), stomach (4), intra-abdominal mass (3), spleen(3), kidney and ureter (3), retroperitoneal mass (2), and bladder(1).