Table
1: General characteristics of patients enrolled
in the study
Criteria |
Total No. (28 cases) |
(Gem-Ox) (12 cases) |
(Gem-Ox-Pem) (16 cases) |
P Value |
|
Gender |
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|
Male |
23 (82.1%) |
10 (83.3%) |
13 (81.3%) |
0.64 |
Female |
5 (17.9%) |
2 (16.7%) |
3 (18.8%) |
0.38 |
|
Stage |
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|
III-B |
12 (42.9%) |
5 (41.7%) |
7 (43.8%) |
0.3 |
IV |
16 (57.1%) |
7 (58.3%) |
9 (56.3%) |
0.61 |
|
Elevated Biochemical marker |
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|
SGOT |
5 (17.9%) |
1 (8.3%) |
4 (25%) |
0.22 |
Hypercalcemia |
9 (32.1%) |
3 (25%) |
6 (37.5%) |
0.26 |
|
Alkaline phosphatase |
11 (39.3%) |
5 (41.7%) |
6 (37.5%) |
0.3 |
|
Pathological Types |
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|
Adenocarcinoma |
18 (64.3%) |
8 (66.7%) |
10 (62.5%) |
0.57 |
Large cell |
10 (35.7%) |
4 (33.3%) |
6 (37.5%) |
0.3 |
Gem
indicates gemcitabine ; Ox, oxaliplatin; Pem, pemetrexed.