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Table 4 Treatment regimen for patients with unfavorable subsets according to STN

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

STN

 ≤ 45.0 U/ml (n = 46)

 > 45.0 U/ml (n = 26)

Total (n = 72)

p

Lung, n (%)

15 (33)

4 (15)

19 (26)

0.16

Ovarian/Peritoneal, n (%)

9 (20)

9 (35)

18 (25)

0.17

CUP, n (%)

5 (11)

5 (19)

10 (14)

0.48

Breast, n (%)

5 (11)

1 (4)

6 (8)

0.41

Colorectal, n (%)

2 (4)

3 (12)

5 (7)

0.34

Ureteral/Kidney, n (%)

3 (7)

1 (4)

4 (6)

1.0

Biliary tract, n (%)

2 (4)

1 (4)

3 (4)

1.0

Salivary gland, n (%)

1 (2)

2 (8)

3 (4)

0.29

Cervical, n (%)

1 (2)

0

1 (1)

1.0

Nasopharyngeal, n (%)

1 (2)

0

1 (1)

1.0

Esophageal, n (%)

1 (2)

0

1 (1)

1.0

Skin, n (%)

1 (2)

0

1 (1)

1.0

  1. CUP cancer of unknown primary, p: P-value, STN Sialyl-Tn
  2. Results were considered significant with a two-sided p-value of < 0.05