Table 2. Patients' characteristics.
| Number of patients | N=135 |
|---|---|
| Patients’ characteristics | Total (%) |
| Age | |
| Median (range) | 57 (20–86) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 87 (64%) |
| Female | 48 (36%) |
| Performance status (ECOG) | |
| 0 | 37 (27%) |
| 1 | 85 (63%) |
| 2 | 13 (10%) |
| Earlier therapy | |
| Median (range) | 2 (0–8) |
| Tumour type | |
| Breast and gynaecological | 24 (18%) |
| Prostate | 21 (16%) |
| Sarcoma | 21 (16%) |
| Thoracic | 20 (15%) |
| Gastro-intestinal | 15 (11%) |
| Renal | 12 (8%) |
| Melanoma | 5 (4%) |
| Others | 17 (13%) |
| RMH Prognostic score | |
| 0 | 16 (12%) |
| 1 | 38 (28%) |
| 2 | 51 (38%) |
| 3 | 30 (22%) |
ECOG=Eastern cooperative oncology group; RMH=Royal Marsden Hospital prognostic score.