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Table 3 Association between clinicopathological features and survival parameters

From: Assessing prognostic value of early tumor shrinkage and depth of response in first-line therapy for patients with advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer

Clinicopathological features

PFS

OS

HR (95% CI)

P-value

HR (95% CI)

P-value

Age (≥ 65 years)

0.741 (0.460–1.192)

0.216

0.653 (0.377–1.131)

0.128

ECOG PS (2)

9.725 (4.78–19.785)

 < 0.001

5.200 (2.711–9.974)

 < 0.001

Gender (female)

1.037 (0.665–1.618)

0.872

1.192 (0.708–2.006)

0.508

Sites of metastases (liver)

1.425 (0.909–2.235)

0.123

1.948 (1.088–3.487)

0.025

Sites of metastases (lung)

1.105 (0.478–2.555)

0.815

0.557 (0.169–1.839)

0.337

Sites of metastases (peritoneum)

1.646 (0.900–3.011)

0.106

1.002 (0.508–1.976)

0.995

Local recurrence (including regional lymph node metastases)

1.237 (0.636–2.407)

0.531

1.140 (0.486–2.673)

0.763

Number of metastatic sites (≥ 3)

2.239 (1.197–4.186)

0.012

2.090 (1.027–4.252)

0.042

Synchronous disease (no)

0.860 (0.533–1.390)

0.539

0.815 (0.460–1.445)

0.484

Tumor site (body-tail)

1.057 (0.741–1.508)

0.759

0.797 (0.533–1.192)

0.270

Surgery for primary tumor (yes)

0.782 (0.513–1.194)

0.255

0.815 (0.492–1.349)

0.425

CA-199 (KU/L) (> ULN)

1.532 (0.887–2.645)

0.126

1.415 (0.737–2.716)

0.297

HDL-C (mmol/L) (> 0.9)

1.560 (0.819–2.971)

0.177

1.104 (0.570–2.138)

0.770

ETS (≥ 20%)

0.523 (0.315–0.868)

 < 0.001

0.699 (0.387–1.263)

0.014

ETS (as a continuous variable)

1.015 (1.010–1.020)

 < 0.001

1.011 (1.006–1.017)

 < 0.001

DpR (≥ median)

0.163 (0.092–0.290)

 < 0.001

0.252 (0.132–0.480)

 < 0.001

DpR (as a continuous variable)

1.035 (1.025–1.046)

 < 0.001

1.022 (1.013–1.031)

 < 0.001

  1. Bold values indicate statistical significance at P < 0.05
  2. Ca19.9 carbohydrate antigen 19–9, CI confidence interval, DpR depth of response, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, ETS early tumour shrinkage, ULN upper limit of normal, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol