Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients (n = 28)
| Item | n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 64 (45-72) | ||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 16 (57.1) | ||
| Female | 12 (42.9) | ||
| Karnofsky performance scale | |||
| 70 | 15 (53.6) | ||
| 80 | 11 (39.3) | ||
| 90 | 2 (7.1) | ||
| Diagnosis | |||
| Inoperable pancreatic adenocarcinoma | 25 (89.3) | ||
| Recurrent pancreatic adenocarcinoma | 3 (10.7) | ||
| Tumor location | |||
| Head of the pancreas | 18 (64.3) | ||
| Body and tail of the pancreas | 10 (35.7) | ||
| Size of the lesions (cm) | 3.2-5.2 | ||
| TNM stage | |||
| Stage IIB | 9 (32.1) | ||
| T2N1M0 | 2 (7.1) | ||
| T3N1M0 | 7 (25.0) | ||
| Stage III | 19 (67.9) | ||
| T4N0M0 | 6 (21.4) | ||
| T4N1M0 | 13 (46.0) | ||
| Pain intensity | 25 (89.3) | ||
| Severe | 8 (28.6) | ||
| Moderate | 11 (39.3) | ||
| Mild | 6 (21.4) | ||
| Previous treatment | |||
| Radiotherapy | 3 (10.7) | ||
| Percutaneous trans-hepatic cholangial drainage/biliary stenting | 2 (7.2) | ||
| None | 23 (82.1) | ||
TNM – tumor/node/metastasis