Palliative chemotherapy for gastroesophageal cancer in old and very old patients: A retrospective cohort study at the National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg

Table 1 Patients demographics

Patient characteristics	n (%)
Number of patients	55
Median age (range), yr	76 (70-86)
Gender
Female	16 (29.1)
Male	39 (70.9)
ECOG PS
0	10 (18.2)
1	27 (49.1)
2	14 (25.5)
3	4 (7.3)
Metastatic disease	52 (94.5)
Locally advanced tumor	3 (5.5)
Primary palliative treatment	40 (72.7)
Secondary palliative treatment	15 (27.3)
Prior (neo) adjuvant CTX	12 (21.8)
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	52 (94.5)
Sqaumous cell carcinoma	3 (5.5)
Site of Tumor
Stomach, distal	25 (45.5)
Cardia	15 (27.3)
Esophagus, distal	9 (16.4)
Other	2 (3.6)
NA	4 (7.3)
Number of deaths	50 (90.9)
Cause of death
Tumor	40 (80)
Infection	2 (4)
Unknown	8 (16)

ECOG PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status.