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Table 1 Characteristics of patients included in this study

From: Meta-analysis and indirect treatment comparison of modified FOLFIRINOX and gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel as first-line chemotherapy in advanced pancreatic cancer

Characteristics

No. of patients/No. of all patients

Percentage

No. of patients

7425/7425

100.0%

Average Median Age (range)

65.1 (25 to 87)

 

Sex

 Male

3955/6912

57.2%

 Female

2957/6912

42.8%

ECOG score

 0–1

4496/5083

88.5%

 2+

587/5083

11.5%

Site

 Head or neck

1895/4209

45.0%

 Body or tail

2037/4209

48.4%

 Other*

277/4209

6.6%

Metastatic diseases

6684/7425

90.0%

Metastatic sites

 Liver

1825/3213

56.8%

 Lymph nodes

511/3213

15.9%

 Peritoneal

572/3213

17.8%

 Lung

446/3213

13.9%

 Other

401/3213

12.5%

Treatments

 FOLFIRINOX

2659/6351

41.9%

 GEM-NAB

1929/6351

30.4%

 GEM

1420/6351

22.4%

 mFOLFIRINOX

343/6351

5.4%

  1. Abbreviations: No.: number; ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; GEM: gemcitabine; GEM-NAB: Gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel; FOLFIRINOX: the combination of 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan; mFOLFIRINOX: at least one of the drugs was reduced and/or the removal of 5-FU bolus in FOLFIRINOX
  2. * Including the cancers involved multiple sites or those originating from unknown subsites of pancreas