Table 1.
Patients demographics
| Patient characteristics | n (%) |
| Number of patients | 55 |
| Median age (range), yr | 76 (70-86) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 16 (29.1) |
| Male | 39 (70.9) |
| ECOG PS | |
| 0 | 10 (18.2) |
| 1 | 27 (49.1) |
| 2 | 14 (25.5) |
| 3 | 4 (7.3) |
| Metastatic disease | 52 (94.5) |
| Locally advanced tumor | 3 (5.5) |
| Primary palliative treatment | 40 (72.7) |
| Secondary palliative treatment | 15 (27.3) |
| Prior (neo) adjuvant CTX | 12 (21.8) |
| Histology | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 52 (94.5) |
| Sqaumous cell carcinoma | 3 (5.5) |
| Site of Tumor | |
| Stomach, distal | 25 (45.5) |
| Cardia | 15 (27.3) |
| Esophagus, distal | 9 (16.4) |
| Other | 2 (3.6) |
| NA | 4 (7.3) |
| Number of deaths | 50 (90.9) |
| Cause of death | |
| Tumor | 40 (80) |
| Infection | 2 (4) |
| Unknown | 8 (16) |
ECOG PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status.