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. 2020 May 25;6(8):FSO600. doi: 10.2144/fsoa-2020-0024

Table 2. . Average response rate and percentage of treatment response by cancer type.

Cancer type Average response rate Number of deaths in 2018 Number of patients benefiting from chemotherapy Percentage of total patients responding to chemotherapy
Head and neck cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) 43.20% 13,740 5936 0.97
Esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancer (squamous cell carcinoma & adenocarcinoma) 33.20% 15,850 5262 0.86
Gastric cancer 33.20% 10,800 3586 0.59
Colorectal cancer 45.70% 50,630 23,138 3.8
Anal carcinoma 54.40% 1160 631 0.1
Biliary tract cancers (gallbladder, intrahepatic/extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma) 26.10% 7483 1953 0.32
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma 20.40% 44,330 9057 1.49
Lung cancer 39.10% 154,050 60,234 9.88
– Small cell carcinoma (12.9%)   19,872 7770 1.27
– Squamous cell carcinoma (23.2%)   35,740 13,974 2.29
– Nonsquamous cell carcinoma (63.9%)   98,438 38,489 6.31
Osteosarcoma 50.40% 1590 801 0.13
Soft tissue sarcomas 24.50% 5150 1262 0.21
Breast cancer 34.60% 41,400 14,324 2.35
Cervical cancer 42.20% 4170 1760 0.29
Uterine cancer 75.00% 11,350 8513 1.4
Ovarian cancer (epithelial, fallopian tube & peritoneal) 57.40% 14,070 8076 1.32
Vulvar cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) 60.00% 1200 720 0.12
Prostate cancer 14.50% 29,430 4267 0.7
Testicular cancer (germ cell tumors) 73.70% 400 295 0.05
Penile cancer 50.00% 380 190 0.03
Bladder (urothelial) cancer 54.50% 18,200 9919 1.63
Central nervous system cancers 9.20% 16,830 1548 0.25
Hodgkin lymphoma 74.60% 1050 783 0.13
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 74.20% 19,910 14,773 2.42
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 90.60% 1470 1332 0.22
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic leukemia 58.00% 4510 2616 0.43
Acute myeloid leukemia 76.70% 10,670 8184 1.34