31 May 2020>: Clinical Research
Comparative Study of Drug-eluting Beads versus Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization for Treating Peculiar Anatomical Sites of Gastric Cancer Liver Metastasis
Hao Xu 1ABCDEFG* , Xuli Min 1BCDE , Yongjun Ren 1BCDG , Lin Yang 1DEF , Fang Liu 2CDDOI: 10.12659/MSM.922988
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e922988
Table 2 Comparison of objective response (OR) and disease control (DC) at different follow-up times (number of cases).
Month after operation | DEB-TACE group | c-TACE group | χ2(P) |
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OR (ORR) | |||
1 month post-treatment | 29/35 (82.9%) | 20/33 (60.6%) | 4.177 (0.041) |
3 months post-treatment | 18/35 (51.4%) | 7/33 (21.2%) | 3.130 (0.077) |
6 months post-treatment | 10/35 (28.6%) | 5/33 (15.2%) | 2.501 (0.114) |
DC (DCR) | |||
1 month post-treatment | 33/35 (94.3%) | 26/33 (78.8%) | 4.649 (0.031) |
3 months post-treatment | 18/35 (51.4%) | 14/33 (42.4%) | 2.629 (0.337) |
6 months post-treatment | 15/35 (42.9%) | 8/33 (24.2%) | 1.928 (0.105) |
The number of the objective response and disease control in the two groups were compared using χ test. |