Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline (N =77)
Sex | N | % |
Male | 51 | 66.2 |
Female | 26 | 33.8 |
Median age, years (range) | 65 (41–81) | |
ECOG performance status | N | % |
0 | 46 | 59.7 |
1 | 28 | 36.4 |
2 | 3 | 3.9 |
Location of primary tumour | N | % |
Rectum | 24 | 31.2 |
Colon | 41 | 53.2 |
Colon and rectum | 12 | 15.6 |
No. of lesions | N | % |
1 | 6 | 7.8 |
2 | 13 | 16.9 |
≥3 | 58 | 75.4 |
Prior therapy | N | % |
Surgery | 50 | 64.9 |
Adjuvant chemotherapy | 27 | 35.1 |
Radiotherapy | 9 | 11.7 |
Metastatic site | N | % |
Liver | 48 | 62.3 |
Lung | 42 | 54.5 |
Local | 18 | 23.4 |
Other | 27 | 35.1 |
Organs with metastases | N | % |
1 | 31 | 40.3 |
2 | 32 | 41.6 |
≥3 | 14 | 18.2 |