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Table 1 Summary and characteristics of patients (patients, N = 35)

From: Efficacy of transarterial chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads combined with systemic chemotherapy and targeted therapy in colorectal cancer liver metastasis

Characteristic

 

Age (years, median) (range)

58 (34–80)

Gender

 Male

16 (45.7%)

 Female

19 (54.3%)

BMI kg/m2 (mean) (range)b

23.7 (17.0–33.7)

Cancer type

 Adenocarcinoma

34 (97.1%)

 Neuroendocrine carcinoma

1 (2.9%)

Initial systemic chemotherapy

 FOLFIRI

33 (94.2%)

 FOLFOXIRI

1 (2.9%)

 Cisplatin + Etoposide

1 (2.9%)

1st line combined target therapy

 Bevacizumab

27 (77.1%)

 Cetuximab

6 (16.1%)

 Panitumumab

1 (2.9%)

 None

1 (2.9%)

Colectomy

 Yes

20 (57.1%)

 No

15 (42.9%)

Primary tumor location

 Right colon

7 (20.0%)

 Left colon

28 (80.0%)

Metastasis condition

 Synchronous metastasis

30 (85.7%)

 Metachronous metastasis

5 (14.3%)

Extrahepatic metastasisa

 Yes (%)

13 (37.1%)

 Lung (% of total metastasis)

5 (14.3%)

 Para-aortic lymph node (% of total metastasis)

6 (17.1%)

 Peritoneum (% of total metastasis)

3 (8.6%)

  1. aOne patient had liver, lung, and peritoneal metastases at the same time. Thus, the sum of lung, para-aortic lymph node, and peritoneum number is fourteen