Table 1.

Patient characteristics and survival durations

			Steroidsa
Patient	Age, years	Sex	PRE	POST	Survival duration, months
1	61	M	Y	N	12
2	67	F	N	N	19
3	73	F	N	N	11
4	52	M	Y	N	61+
5	71	M	N	N	24
6	73	M	N	N	19
7	69	M	Y	N	17
8	66	F	Y	N	31
9	66	F	Y	N	17
10	69	F	Y	N	9
11	59	F	Y	N	52+
12	66	M	Y	N	20
13	78	M	N	N	26
14	54	F	Y	N	15
15	60	F	Y	N	17
16	57	M	Y	N	30
17	47	M	N	N	35+
18	59	M	Y	N	34+
19	55	M	Y	Y	20
20	55	M	Y	N	15
21	64	M	Y	N	12
22	23	M	Y	N	33
23	75	M	N	N	14
24	59	M	Y	N	18
25	65	M	Y	N	12
Median	64				19
Range	23–78				11–60+

F indicates female, and M indicates male. Y indicates yes, and N indicates no. + indicates that the patient is alive.

^aPatient receiving steroids at the PRE and POST time points.