Table III.

Assessment of response to capecitabine chemotherapy and a FOLFIRI regimen in patients above 65 years of age (n=123)^a.

	Capecitabine (n=56)		FOLFIRI (n=67)
	n	%	n	%	χ2	p-value
Overall responseb	8	16.4	18	28.1	2.18	0.1398
Complete response	2	4.1	6	9.4	0.51c	0.4733c
Partial response	6	12.3	12	18.7	0.88	0.3491
Stable disease	28	57.1	35	54.7	0.07	0.7945
Progressive disease	13	26.5	12	17.2	1.45	0.2288
Not evaluable	7	12.5	2	3.0

^aBased on the results by Stec et al (10).

^bComplete plus partial response.

^cValues calculated by the Chi-square (χ²) test with Yates correction.

FOLFIRI, 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and irinotecan.