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Table 1 Patient characteristics according to dosage reduction and in total

From: Chemotherapy for metastatic colon cancer: No effect on survival when the dose is reduced due to side effects

 

Dosage reduction

 

Yes (<=80% dosage)

No (=100% dosage)

Total

T-test Chi2

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

p value

Age

Mean/Median

56.5

59.0

58.4

58.0

57.6

59.0

.440

 

< 65

32

69.6%

42

66.7%

74

67.9%

.749

> = 65

14

30.4%

21

33.3%

35

32.1%

 

Sex

Male

29

63.0%

46

73.0%

75

68.8%

.267

Female

17

37.0%

17

27.0%

34

31.2%

 

T stage

T3

17

37.0%

23

36.5%

40

36.7%

 

T4

22

47.8%

22

34.9%

44

40.4%

.205

Tx

7

15.2%

18

28.6%

25

22.9%

 

N stage

N0

4

8.7%

5

7.9%

9

8.3%

 

N1

14

30.4%

16

25.4%

30

27.5%

.796

N2

18

39.1%

23

36.5%

41

37.6%

 

Nx

10

21.7%

19

30.2%

29

26.6%

 

Grading

G2

27

58.7%

40

63.5%

67

61.5%

 

G3

18

39.1%

19

30.2%

37

33.9%

.419

Gx

1

2.2%

4

6.3%

5

4.6%

 

L stage

L0

6

13.0%

7

11.1%

13

11.9%

 

L1

23

50.0%

15

23.8%

38

34.9%

.010

Lx

17

37.0%

41

65.1%

58

53.2%

 

V stage

V0

13

28.3%

11

17.5%

24

22.0%

 

V1

14

30.4%

10

15.9%

24

22.0%

.030

Vx

19

41.3%

42

66.7%

61

56.0%

 

Charlson Comorbidity Score

6

32

69.6%

44

69.8%

76

69.7%

 

7

7

15.2%

13

20.6%

20

18.3%

 

8

6

13.0%

4

6.3%

10

9.2%

.336

9

0

0.0%

2

3.2%

2

1.8%

 

10

1

2.2%

0

0.0%

1

0.9%

 

Oncological resection/Surgery

Yes

35

76.1%

37

58.7%

72

66.1%

.059

No

11

23.9%

26

41.3%

37

33.9%

 

No. of CTX lines

1

11

23.9%

17

27.0%

28

25.7%

 

2

23

50.0%

34

54.0%

57

52.3%

 

3

11

23.9%

11

17.5%

22

20.2%

.587

4

0

0.0%

1

1.6%

1

0.9%

 

5

1

2.2%

0

0.0%

1

0.9%

 

Biological

Yes

21

45.7%

26

41.3%

47

43.1%

.648

No

25

54.3%

37

58.7%

62

56.9%

 

CTX regimen sequence

FOLFOX- > FOLFIRI

30

65.2%

27

42.9%

57

52.3%

 

FOLFIRI- > FOLFOX

3

6.5%

13

20.6%

16

14.7%

.044

FOLFOX

10

21.7%

13

20.6%

23

21.1%

 

FOLFIRI

3

6.5%

10

15.9%

13

11.9%

 

Total

46

100.0%

63

100.0%

109

100.0%