Table 1.
Patient, disease and treatment characteristics (n=303) – excluded non-adenocarcinoma (n=5)
Patient characteristics | |
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Age, years | |
Median (range) | 70 (33–90) |
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Gender | |
Male | 152 (50.2%) |
Female | 151 (49.8%) |
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Race | |
Caucasian | 277 (91.4%) |
Other | 12 (4.0%) |
Unknown | 14 (4.6%) |
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Body mass index | |
Median (range) | 24.8 (14.5–45.8) |
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Comorbidities | |
Diabetes | 176 (58.1%) |
Coronary artery disease | 37 (12.2%) |
Hyperlipidemia | 73 (24.1%) |
Hypertension | 207 (68.3%) |
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Medications | |
Metformin | 41 (13.5%) |
Pancreatic enzymes | 130 (42.9%) |
Sulfonylurea | 23 (7.6%) |
Insulin | 158 (52.1%) |
Statin (active use during treatment) | 71 (23.4%) |
Statin (before or at diagnosis) | 59 (19.5%) |
Glucocorticoid | 91 (30.0%) |
Beta-blocker (before or at diagnosis) | 53 (17.5%) |
Beta-blocker (active use) | 107 (35.3%) |
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Disease characteristics | |
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Histology | |
Adenocarcinoma | 303 (100%) |
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Lymph node status | |
cN0 | 127 (41.9%) |
cN+ | 164 (54.1%) |
Not reported | 12 (4.0%) |
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Resectability | |
Unresectable | 149 (49.2%) |
Borderline resectable | 40 (13.2%) |
Resectable | 111 (36.6%) |
Unknown | 3 (1.0%) |
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Treatment characteristics | |
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Surgery | |
Yes | 136 (44.9%) |
No | 167 (55.1%) |
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Immunotherapy | |
Yes | 12 (4.0%) |
No | 291 (96.0%) |
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Chemotherapy | |
Yes | 248 (81.8%) |
No | 55 (18.2%) |