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. 2022 Mar 7;14(5):1354. doi: 10.3390/cancers14051354

Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analysis to predict conversion surgery.

Variables Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio (95%CI) p-Value Odds Ratio (95%CI) p-Value
Pre-treatment factor
Gender (male:female) 1.162 (0.337–4.012) 0.808
Age, years (<70:≥70) 2.848 (0.098–11.401) 0.098
Primary tumor site (Ph:Pbt) 1.190 (0.327–4.065) 0.783
Radiological tumor size, mm (<40:≥40) 1.071 (0.295–3.651) 0.913
NCCN resectability status of primary tumor (R/BR:UR) 1.031 (0.147–4.524) 0.971
Peritoneal nodule (−:+) 1.962 (0.565–6.843) 0.282
CA19-9, U/mL (<300:≥300) 1.472 (0.434–5.340) 0.535
Post-treatment factor
Normalization of CA19-9 (−:+) 9.815 (2.378–66.86) 0.001 7.537 (1.068–86.004) 0.043
Primary treatment (Ctrl: i.p.-PTX) 7.121 (1.735–48.33) 0.005 12.32 (1.831–142.92) 0.008
Response (CR/PR:SD/PD) 69.00 (11.76–1326.3) 0.001 62.47 (8.651–1381.3) 0.001

Ph, pancreas head; Pbt, pancreas body and tail; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; R, resectable; BR, borderline resectable; UR, unresectable; Ctrl, control; i.p.-PTX, intraperitoneal paclitaxel; CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease.