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. 2011 Nov 8;106(1):53–60. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.469

Table 3. Cell death rate of each drug according to treatment response and liver resection in ATP-CRA-based chemotherapy.

  Treatment response
  Liver resection
 
  CR/PR
SD/PD
  Yes
No
 
Drug N CDR (%) N CDR (%) P-value N CDR (%) N CDR (%) P-value
5-Fluorouracil 15 34.5 16 26.7 0.026 11 36.2 20 27.3 0.040
Second drug
 All 15 38.1 16 25.7 0.001 11 39.9 20 27.2 0.008
 Oxaliplatin 8 41.0 12 24.5 0.013 7 41.6 13 25.5 0.033
 Irinotecan 7 34.8 4 26.6 0.032 4 37.0 7 28.9 0.035

Abbreviations: ATP-CRA=adenosine triphosphate-chemotherapy response assay; CDR=cell death rate; CR=complete response; PD=progressive disease; PR=partial response; SD=stable disease.