Casos incluidos en el estudio
Table 2. Clinical characteristics of CUP patients cohort included in the study
Characteristics
N = 216
Gender – no. (%)
Male
120 (55.6)
Female
96 (44.4)
Year of age – median (range)
63 (29 – 89)
Diagnostic method – no. (%)
Biopsy
109 (50.5)
Surgery
30 (13.9)
Image
23 (10.6)
Ns
54 (25)
Biopsy site – no. (%)
Lymph Nodes
63 (29.2)
Liver
44 (20.4)
Bone
19 (8.8)
CNS
16 (7.4)
Peritoneum
11 (5.1)
Skin
10 (4.6)
Soft tissues
8 (3.7)
Abdomen
6 (2.8)
Biopsy site – no. (%)
Lung
6 (2.8)
Pleura
5 (2.3)
Intestine
4 (1.8)
Thorax
4 (1.8)
Ovary
3 (1.4)
Breast
2 (0.9)
Others
8 (3.7)
Ns
7 (3.3)
Histologic diagnosis – no. (%)
Adenocarcinoma / carcinoma
143 (66.2)
Squamous carcinoma
39 (18.0)
Undifferentiated neoplasia
26 (12.0)
Sarcomatoid
1 (0.5)
Ns
7 (3.3)
Metastasis sites at diagnosis – no. (%)
Multiple
130 (60.2)
Single
48 (22.2)
Ns
38 (17.6)
Median overall survival 8.2m (95%CI =0.1-143.4)
