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Table 1 Summary of patient characteristics

From: A retrospective evaluation of activity of gemcitabine/platinum regimens in the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer

Patient Demographics

Gem/Cis Overall

Gem/Carbo Overall

Gem-]/Cis

Plt Sensitive

Gem/Carbo

Plt Sensitive

Gem/Cis

Plt Resistant

Gem/Carbo

Plt Resistant

 

N = 21

N = 27

N = 10

N = 18

N = 10

N = 8

Mean Age [# ± SD (Range)]

61.4

[±10.2(42–84)]

62.0

[+9.1(43–79)]

60.8

[+9.4(49–81)]

60.8

[+8.3(47–79)]

61.6

[+11.9(42–84)]

65.8

[+10.7(43–78)]

Race

 -White

16

20

7

14

8

5

 -Hispanic

3

4

2

3

1

1

 -African American

0

1

0

0

0

1

 -Asian

0

1

0

1

0

0

 -Unreported race

2

0

1

0

1

1

 Mean # of Comorbidities

1.48

1.48

0.70

1.11

2.30

2.50

Tumor Histology

 -Serous

15

17

8

11

6

6

 -Clear Cell

0

1

0

1

0

0

 -Adenocarcinoma

2

2

2

0

0

1

 -Mixed

1

3

0

3

1

1

 -Unreported histology

3

3

0

3

3

0

Tumor Stage

 -I

0

1

0

0

0

1

 -II

2

1

2

0

0

0

 -III

12

17

5

11

6

5

 -IV

3

3

2

3

1

0

 -Unreported stage

4

6

1

4

3

2

Tumor Debulking

 -Optimal (<1 cm)

10

16

5

11

5

4

 -Suboptimal

5

7

2

6

2

1

 -Not a surgical candidate

0

1

0

0

0

1

 -Unreported tumor debulking

6

3

3

1

3

2

 Plt sens/resis/unkn

10/10/1

18/8/1

NA

NA

NA

NA

 Mean # of prior regimens [# ± SD (Range)]

3.5

[+1.7(1–6)]

2

[+1.5(0–6)]

3.2

[+1.5(1–5)]

1.8

[+1.5(0–6)]

4

[+1.9(1–6)]

2.5

[+1.4(1–5)]

 

P < 0.003

P < 0.025

 

 Mean # of cycles Gem/Plt [# ± SD (Range)]

6.2

[+3.5(1–12)]

5.44

[+2.5(2–12)]

6.7

[+3.5(2–12)]

5.3

[+2.2(2–9)]

5.2

[+3.0(1–9)]

6.3

[+3.0(3–12)]

  1. Abbreviations: Gem-Cis Gemcitabine-cisplatin, Gem-Carbo Gemcitabine-carboplatin, Plt Platinum, SD Standard deviation, sens = sensitive; resis = resistant, unkn = unknown