Fucoidan group

Control

P score

Number of patients

12

12

Age (Mean ± SD)

61.2 ± 11

63.3 ± 16.2

0.326

Male/female

7/5

6/6

0.682

ECOG

PS 0/1

7/5

8/4

0.673

Unresectable factors

Peritoneal dissemination

5

8

0.238

Liver metastasis

3

2

Distant lymph node metastasis

3

0

Local advancement

1

2

Surgical intervention during chemotherapy

Yes/no

7/5

5/7

0.414