Table 1.

Patient and tumor characteristics

Characteristics	Results [N = 50]
Age at start of treatment, years [median (range)]	59 (35–75)
Male sex	27 (54)
Clinical tumor category
T2N0	0 (0)
T2N1	4 (8)
T3N0	6 (12)
T3N1-2	32 (64)
T4N0	1 (2)
T4N1-2	7 (14)
Metastatic site
Liver	42 (84)
Lung	5 (10)
Lung and liver	3 (6)
Liver metastases
1–3	36 (72)
>3	9 (18)
Lung metastases
1	5 (10)
>1	3 (6)
Radiotherapy
Patients completing radiotherapy	50 (100)
Interval between completion of RT and start of CT—days
Median (range)	11 (3–44)
Chemotherapy
Patients receiving six cycles	42 (84)
Surgery
Radical surgical treatment	36 (72)
Sequence of surgery
Simultaneous resection	25 (50.0)
Primary first	10 (20)
Metastases first	5 (10)

Data are expressed as n (%) unless otherwise specified

RT radiotherapy, CT chemotherapy