Table 1

Patient characteristics

Number of patients
N = 16


Age


     Median
59

     Range
36–73

Male:female
14:2

ECOG performance status


     0
6
37%
     1
8
50%
     2
2
13%
Disease status


     Primary metastatic
12
75%
     Locally-advanced
4
25%
Prior chemotherapy


     Uracil-tegafur
4
25%
     5-FU bolus + folinic acid
1
6%
     5-FU + cisplatin
4
25%
     Epirubicin + cisplatin + capecitabine
5
31%
     Epirubicin + doxorubicin + cisplatin
2
13%

Park et al. BMC Cancer 2005 5:87   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-5-87