Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancers
Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Age, (mean) | 62 (28–82) |
Sex | |
 Female | 18 (28.1) |
 Male | 46 (71.9) |
ECOG | |
 0–1 | 52 (81.3) |
 2 | 12 (18.7) |
Primary cancer | |
 Colorectal cancer | 36 (56.3) |
 Gastric cancer | 28 (43.7) |
Pathological type | |
 Non-adenocarcinoma/signet-ring cell cancer | 55 (85.9) |
 Adenocarcinoma/Signet-ring cell cancer | 9 (14.1) |
Grade | |
 G1–2 | 27 (42.2) |
 G3 | 31 (48.4) |
 Unknown | 6 (9.4) |
CEA | |
 Abnormal | 31 (48.4) |
 Normal | 33 (51.6) |
CA199 | |
 Abnormal | 24 (37.5) |
 Normal | 40 (62.5) |
Visceral metastasis | |
 Yes | 48 (75.0) |
 No | 16 (25.0) |
Lymph node metastasis | |
 Yes | 33 (51.6) |
 No | 31 (48.4) |
Disease progression | |
 Yes | 31 (48.4) |
 No | 33 (51.6) |
Survival status | |
 Yes | 10 (15.6) |
 No | 54 (84.4) |