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Table 5 Responses to first line chemotherapy

From: Impact of skeletal muscle mass in patients with unresectable gastric cancer who received palliative first-line chemotherapy based on 5-fluorouracil

 

All patients (n = 83)

SMIHigh (n = 41)

SMILow (n = 42)

P value

Best overall response

 CR

1 (1.2)

1 (2.4)

0

 

 PR

21 (25.3)

9 (22.0)

12 (28.6)

 

 SD

35 (42.2)

21 (51.2)

14 (33.3)

 

 PD

26 (31.3)

10 (24.4)

16 (38.1)

 

ORR

22 (26.5)

10 (24.4)

12 (28.6)

0.666

DCR

57 (68.7)

31 (75.6)

26 (61.9)

0.178

  1. Data are presented as number (percentage) of patients
  2. CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease; ORR objective response rate, (CR + PR) * 100 / total cases; DCR, disease control rate, (CR + PR + SD) * 100 / total cases, SMIHigh, high skeletal muscle mass; SMILow, low skeletal muscle mass; UGC, unresectable gastric cancer