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. 2015 Feb 8;36(4):2465–2472. doi: 10.1007/s13277-014-2859-z

Table 4.

Demographic characteristics of patients undergoing chemotherapy with ovarian cancer

Characteristics Chemotherapy resistance No. of patients
(N = 118)
P value
Absent Present
Age (years) 0.24
 <50 34 8 42
 ≥50 54 22 76
Serum CA-125 level 0.20
 <35 8 1 9
 ≥35 80 29 109
Ascites 0.9
 <100 13 5 18
 ≥100 75 25 100
JARID1B expression <0.001
 Low 34 1 35
 High 54 29 83
Lymph node metastasis 0.85
 Absent 60 19 79
 Present 28 11 39
Histopathological differentiationa 0.06
 G1 19 4 23
 G2 33 6 39
 G3 36 20 56
Histology type 0.77
 Serous adenocarcinoma 64 21 85
 Mucoid adenocarcinoma 11 3 14
 Endometrioid adenocarcinoma 12 6 18
 Clear cell carcinoma 1 0 1
Residual tumor size 0.004
 <1 cm 70 16 86
 1–2 cm 15 8 22
 ≥2 cm 3 7 10
Chemotherapy regimen <0.001
 TP 50 5 55
 PAC 38 27 63
FIGO stage 0.91
 II 2 3 5
 III 83 26 109
 IV 3 1 4

TP cisplatin and paclitaxel, PAC cisplatin, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide

aG1 is well differentiated, G2 moderately differentiated, and G3 poorly differentiated