Table 3.
Response Rate and Survival
| Author | Response Criteria |
Response Rate1 (%) |
1-yr Survival (%) |
Median Survival (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiorentini | NR | 50 | NR | NR |
| Muchmore | WHO* | 46 | NR | NR |
| Link | WHO | 19 | NR | 12 (Stage III) 4 (Stage IV) |
| Lorenz | WHO | 0 | NR | 4.2 |
| Maurer | WHO | 8 | NR | 6 |
| Klapdor | WHO | 46 | NR | 9 |
| Homma | WHO | 58 | 67 | NR |
| Bayar | WHO* | 36 | NR | 8 |
| Ohigashi | WHO* | 6 | 56 | 13 |
| van Ijken | WHO | 5^ | NR | 6 |
| Aigner | NR | NR | NR | 9 |
| Takamori | WHO | 21 | 51 | 14 |
| Barletta | WHO* | 22 | 50 | 6.1 |
| Mambrini | SWOG | 8 | NR | 9.2 |
| Meyer | NR | 18 | 6 | 4.1 |
| Guadagni | WHO* | 18 | 9 | 6 |
| Ikeda | WHO* | 24 | NR | 13 |
| Ishikawa | WHO | 25 | 45 | 12 |
| Milandri | WHO | 25^ | 16 | 6 |
| Nakchbandi | NR | NR | 6 | 6.8 |
| Sasada | RECIST | 58^ | 83 | 22 |
1
Response rate reflects partial and complete responses; mixed or minor responses not included
*
WHO criteria as described in methods, however WHO criteria reference not cited.
^
response rate based on fraction of total number of patients treated
WHO, World Health Organization; SWOG, Southwest Ongology Group; RECIST, Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors.