Table 1.
Patient demographics and clinical characteristics
| Characteristics | Number of patients (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex, no. (%) | |
| Female | 47 (55.3) |
| Male | 38 (44.7) |
| Age, years | |
| Median | 58 |
| Range | 8–82 |
| Indication, no. (%) | |
| Cancers of unknown primary site | 13 (15.3) |
| Rare tumors | |
| Liposarcoma | 1 (1.2) |
| Malignant schwannoma | 1 (1.2) |
| Calcifying fibrous tumor | 1 (1.2) |
| Thymic | 1 (1.2) |
| Solid tumors refractory to standard chemotherapy | |
| Pancreatic | 19 (22.4) |
| Biliary tract | 14 (16.5) |
| Colorectal | 10 (11.8) |
| Gastric | 6 (7.1) |
| Lung | 4 (4.7) |
| Esophageal | 3 (3.5) |
| Liver | 3 (3.5) |
| Breast | 2 (2.4) |
| Ovarian | 2 (2.4) |
| Brain | 1 (1.2) |
| Melanoma | 1 (1.2) |
| Neuroendocrine tumor | 1 (1.2) |
| Peritoneum | 1 (1.2) |
| Uterine body | 1 (1.2) |