Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients with primary unresectable pancreatic neoplasm

  
Patients132
Female/male75/57
Age, median (IQR)74 (64–81)
Age ≤65/>65 years (%)40/92 (30/70)
Tumour diameter ≤4.3 cm (%)66 (50)
Tumour diameter >4.3 cm (%)66 (50)
Liver metastases (%)60 (45)
Performance status, corresponding to Karnofsky index >50%57 (43)
Chemotherapy started with gemcitabine (%)57 (43)
Second-line chemotherapy after gemcitabine treatment (%)12 (9)