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Table 2 Association between chemotherapeutic response and clinical characteristics

From: Early onset neutropenia: a useful predictor of chemosensitivity and favorable prognosis in patients with serous ovarian cancer

Variables

Chemotherapeutic response

P value

 

Chemosensitive(n = 112)

Chemoresistance(n = 57)

 

Age (year)

  

0.923

 <50

50

25

 

  ≥ 50

62

32

 

FIGO stage

  

0.665

 I-II

31

14

 

 III-IV

81

43

 

Histological grade

  

0.001

 Low

19

23

 

 High

93

34

 

Lymph node invasion

  

0.550

 Negative

89

43

 

 Positive

23

14

 

Tumor residual (cm)

  

0.286

 Optimal(≤1)

87

40

 

 Sub-optimal(>1)

25

17

 

CA125 level (U/mL)

  

0.729

  ≤ 35

9

3

 

 >35

103

54

 

Severity of CIN

  

<0.001

 Absence

1

15

 

 Mild

81

34

 

 Sever

30

8

 

Timing of CIN

  

<0.001

 Early onset

99

10

 

 Non-early onset

13

47