Variables

N

Surgical exploration N = 29

Palliative group N = 87

P-value

Age

116

67 (63 - 77)

72 (64 - 79)

0.165

Female gender

116

17 (58.6%)

45 (51.7%)

0.519

Tumor size (cm)

116

3 (2 - 4)

3 (2 - 4)

0.658

Presence of metastases

116

6 (20.7%)

23 (26.4%)

0.626

WBC >10 × 10⁹/L

113

3 (10.3)

18 (21.4)

0.270

CRP >5 mg/L

112

12 (41.4%)

62 (74.7%)

0.001

Palliative chemotherapy

114

24 (82.8%)

58 (68.2%)

0.133

Time to chemotherapy (months)*

2 (1 - 2)

1 (0.7 - 1)

<0.001

No. of cycles*

6 (3 - 9)

5 (3 - 6)

0.377