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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Diagnostic value of tumor markers in identifying favorable or unfavorable subsets in patients with cancer of unknown primary: a retrospective study

 

Favorable (n = 12)

Unfavorable (n = 78)

Total (n = 90)

Age in years

Median (range)

68 (47–78)

66 (34–83)

66.5 (34–83)

Sex, n (%)

Male

2 (17)

35 (45)

37 (41)

Female

10 (83)

43 (55)

53 (59)

ECOG-PS, n (%)

0

9 (75)

36 (46)

45 (50)

1

2 (17)

33 (42)

35 (39)

2

1 (8)

2 (3)

3 (3)

3

0

6 (8)

6 (7)

NA

0

1 (1)

1 (1)

Metastases, n (%)

Lymph node

5 (42)

53 (68)

58 (64)

Bone

0

21 (27)

21 (23)

Liver

0

13 (17)

13 (14)

Lung

0

12 (15)

12 (13)

Brain

0

4 (5)

4 (4)

The estimated primary organ, n (%)

Breast

5 (42)

-

-

Ovary/peritoneum

5 (42)

-

-

Skin

2 (17)

-

-

  1. ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, NA not applicable, PS performance status