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. 2021 Jan 29;3:100049. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100049

Table 2.

Systemic, conversion, and neo/-adjuvant therapy*.

All systemic
R0–1 resection
R2-resected/LAT
”Systemic therapy alone”
1060 100 324 100 72 100 664 100
Resectability Resectable upfront 305 29% 228 70% 34 47% 43 7%
Borderline/unresectable converted 137 13% 96 30% 38 53% 3 1%
Borderline still unsresectable 51 5% 0 0% 0 0% 51 8%
Unresectable 567 53% 0 0% 0 0% 567 85%
1st line drug combination Comb. CT & anti-EGFR 139 13% 59 18% 10 14% 70 11%
Comb. CT & anti-VEGF 550 52% 147 45% 39 54% 364 55%
Comb. CT (no biological) 224 21% 90 28% 19 26% 115 17%
Single CT +/- anti-VEGF/-EGFR 147 14% 28 9% 4 6% 115 17%
Lines of therapy 1 line of therapy 414 39% 155 48% 21 29% 238 36%
2 lines of therapy 271 26% 78 24% 25 35% 168 25%
3+ lines of therapy 375 35% 91 28% 26 36% 258 39%
Exposure to drugs during trajectory Fluoropyrimidine 1051 99% 320 99% 72 100% 659 99%
Oxaliplatin 840 79% 258 80% 62 86% 520 78%
Irinotecan 765 72% 218 67% 52 72% 495 75%
Bevacizumab 758 72% 206 64% 53 74% 499 75%
Anti-EGFR 341 32% 115 35% 19 26% 207 31%
Aflibercept 75 7% 19 6% 5 7% 51 8%
Regorafenib 162 15% 29 9% 16 22% 117 18%
Trifluridin/tipiracil 74 7% 20 6% 6 8% 48 7%
Time on systemic therapy during trajectory Median (IQR) time on therapy (months) 11·1 (6; 19) 8·5 (6; 17) 14·1 (8; 24) 12·4 (6; 20)

IQR = interquartile range.

Excluded are 23 patients with best supportive care only and 3 patients with metastasectomy without systemic therapy.