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Table 2 Adjuvant chemotherapy

From: Adjuvant chemotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy for small cell lung cancer with lymph node metastasis: a retrospective observational study with use of a national database in Japan

 

Chemotherapy group

(n = 489)

Chemoradiotherapy group

(n = 75)

Total course (cycles)

 1–2

192

(39.3)

21

(28.0)

 3–4

256

(52.4)

45

(60.0)

  ≥ 5

41

(8.4)

9

(12.0)

Drug (cycles)

 Cisplatin or carboplatin

  0

0

0.0

2

(2.7)

  1–2

197

(40.3)

21

(28.0)

  3–4

258

(52.8)

44

(58.7)

   ≥ 5

34

(7.0)

8

(10.7)

 Etoposide

  0

254

(51.9)

18

(24.0)

  1–2

84

(17.2)

14

(18.7)

  3–4

132

(27.0)

38

(50.7)

   ≥ 5

19

(3.9)

5

(6.7)

 Irinotecan

  0

416

(85.1)

63

(84.0)

  1–2

31

(6.3)

7

(9.3)

  3–4

38

(7.8)

3

(4.0)

   ≥ 5

4

(0.8)

2

(2.7)

  1. Data expressed as number (%) in each group