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Table 2 Summary of clinical responses in 232 patients with curative objective

From: Efficacy and safety of modified bleomycin administration with EP chemotherapy in adult male patients with germ cell tumors: a retrospective study

 

All, n (%)

Good, n (%)

Intermediate, n (%)

Poor, n (%)

P value

Best overall response, n (%)

 CR

116 (50.88%)

79(70.54%)

28(44.44%)

9(15.79%)

 < 0.0001

 PR-negative

69 (30.26%)

23(20.54%)

25(39.68%)

21(36.84%)

 PR-positive

21 (9.21%)

2(1.79%)

7(11.11%)

12(21.05%)

 SD

17 (7.46%)

4(3.57%)

2(3.17%)

11(19.3%)

 PD

5 (2.19%)

0

1(1.59%)

4(7.02%)

 NE

4(1.46%)

4(3.57%)

0

0

 

 ORR

206 (88.79)

104 (92.86)

60 (95.24)

42 (73.68)

0.0002

 CR and PR-negative

185 (79.74)

102 (91.07)

53 (84.13)

30 (52.63)

 < 0.0001

PFS status

 No progression

190 (81.90)

106 (94.64%)

56 (88.89%)

28 (49.12%)

 < 0.0001

 Early relapse

39 (16.81)

6 (5.36%)

7 (11.11%)

26 (45.61%)

 Late relapse*

3 (1.29)

0

0

3 (5.26%)

OS status

 Alive

209 (90.09)

111 (99.11%)

59 (93.65%)

39 (68.42%)

 < 0.0001

 Death in the first 3 yrs

21 (9.05)

0

0

2 (3.51%)

 Death after 3 yrs

2 (0.86)

1 (0.89%)

4 (6.35%)

16 (28.07%)

Follow-up (months)

 Median

41.03

30.03

49.8

45.03

 95% CI

32.66–49.40

40.02–55.89

50.08–74.1

47.93–60.09

  1. CR complete remission, PR-negative, partial response with tumor marker negative, PR-positive partial response with tumor marker positive, PD progressed disease, SD stable disease, NE nonevaluable, ORR objective response rate, PFS progression free survival; OS overall survival
  2. Late relapse is defined as recurrence more than two years after end of first-line modified BEP chemotherapy