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Table 4 Response to treatment. Patients with an unknown response or without any treatment irrespective the corresponding matched patients were excluded in the comparison of CR plus PR vs. SD plus PD

From: A matched-pair analysis on survival and response rates between German and non-German cancer patients treated at a Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

Foreigners

(n = 219)

German

(n = 219)

Overall (n = 438)

chi-square

Response

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

CR

135

61.1

146

66.7

281

64.2

0.273

PR

11

5.0

19

8.7

30

6.8

0.130

SD

24

11.0

11

5.0

35

8.0

0.022

PD

26

11.9

21

9.6

47

10.7

0.440

unknown

19

8.7

18

8.2

37

8.4

0.864

No therapy received

4

1.8

4

1.8

8

1.8

1.000

Total

219

100.0

219

100.0

438

100.0

 

CR or PR

145

78.0

156

83.9

301

80.9

0.147

SD or PD

41

22.0

30

16.1

71

19.1

 

Total

186

100.0

186

100.0

372

100.0