Table 2:  Clinical picture of 28 evaluable cases of the study

 

Clinical symptoms

Total cases

(28 cases)

(Gem-Ox)

(12 cases)

(Gem-Ox-Pem)

(16 cases)

P Value

Central lung lesions

 

 

 

Dyspnea

15 (53.6%)

8 (66.7%)

7 (43.8%)

0.21

Hemoptysis

10 (35.7%)

4 (33.3%)

6 (37.5%)

0.3

Dysphagia

1 (3.6%)

-

1 (6.3%)

0.57

Hoarseness

2 (7.1%)

-

2 (12.5%)

0.32

Peripheral lung lesions

 

 

Cough

21 (75%)

9 (75%)

12 (75%)

0.67

Dyspnea

12 (42.9%)

6 (50%)

6 (37.5%)

0.24

Chest pain

8 (28.6%)

3 (25%)

5 (31.3%)

0.31

Central lung lesions

 

 

Bony pains

14 (50%)

6 (50%)

8 (50%)

0.3

Jaundice

5 (17.9%)

3 (25%)

2 (12.5%)

0.36

Neurological

3 (10.7%)

2 (16.7%)

1 (6.3%)

0.39

 

 Gem, gemcitabine ; Ox, oxaliplatin; Pem, pemetrexed.