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. 2006 Dec 31;2006:56282. doi: 10.1155/SRCM/2006/56282

Table 2.

Prior treatment.

Group 1 Group 2
Type of treatment (n = 15) (n = 74) All (n = 89)
Number of patients (%)

Number of prior chemotherapy regimens
 0 1 (7) 2 (3) 3 (3)
 1 10 (67) 25 (34) 35 (39)
 2 4 (27) 29 (39) 33 (37)
 ≥ 3 0 (0) 18 (24) 18 (20)
 Median 1 2 2
 Range 0–2 0–6 0–6

Prior chemotherapy
 Anthracyclines 13 (87) 70 (95) 83 (93)
 Ifosfamide 8 (53) 59 (80) 67 (75)

Anthracycline clinical resistance (a)
 Resistant 9 (60) 37 (50) 46 (52)
 Sensitive 4 (27) 33 (45) 37 (41)
 Never exposed 2 (13) 4 (5) 6 (7)

Prior radiotherapy
 Yes 5 (33) 32 (43) 37 (42)
 No 10 (67) 42 (57) 52 (58)

(a)Anthracycline resistance: progression occurring while under anthracycline-containing treatment, within 3 months of completing palliative treatment or within 6 months of completing adjuvant treatment with anthracyclines.