Table 1.

Demographics of patients.

Characteristic	First-line treatment – metastatic disease n =
Age (years)
Median	73
Range	66–93
Sex
Female	35
Male	38
Location of primary tumor
Head	39
Body	20
Tail	14
Unknown/other
Number of metastatic sites
1	14
2	22
3	26
>3	11
Sites of metastatic disease
Liver	41
Lung	23
Peritoneum	7
Cancer antigen 19-9 level at start of therapy
Normal (⩽37 U/ml)	10
Elevated (>37 U/ml)	63