Table 2

Reasons for termination of treatment and cause of death


Termination of treatment (n = 44)

Death within 6 weeks of study entry§
5
Tumor progression
29
Hepatic failure with stable disease§
5
Other*
3
CR (one patient with concomitant RFTA)
2

* pneumonia after femur fracture, ventricular fibrillation and haemorrhage during surgical resection

§ cause of death hepatic failure without proven tumor progress

Dollinger et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:72   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-72