Differences in Patient Characteristics

Characteristics

No of Patients cisplatin/Gemcitabine 118

No of Patients Carboplatin/Gemcitabine 78

Total No of Patients 196

Age

Mean

SD

61

7.75

67

10.8

63

9.46

Sex

Male

Female

116 (98%)

2     (2%)

78 (100%)

0   (0%)

194 (99%)

2     (1%)

Histology

Transitional

Squamous

Adeno

Nos

Giant Cell

109 (92%)

4     (3%)

3     (3%)

1     (1%)

1     (1%)

73 (94%)

2   (3%)

0   (0%)

2   (3%)

0   (0%)

182 (93%)

6     (3%)

3     (1.5%)

3     (1.5%)

1     (0.5%)

Race

White

Black

American Indian

Unknown

103 (87%)

12    (10%)

2      (2%)

1      (1%)

68 (87%)

9   (12%)

0   (0%)

1   (1%)

171 (87%)

21  (11%)

2    (1%)

2    (1%)

Tobacco History

Current smoker

Previous  smoker

Never smoked

Unknown

67 (57%)

33 (28%)

7   (6%)

11 (9%)

23 (29%)

34  (44%)

15 (19%)

6   (8%)

90 (46%)

67 (34%)

22 (11%)

17 (9%)

Sites of

Metastasis

Lung

Bone

Lymph node

Liver

Local metastasis

peritoneum

Unknown

Missing

30 (25%)

25 (21%)

27 (23%)

10 (8.5%)

7   (6%)

2   (2%)

14 (12%)

3   (2.5%)

18 (23%)

21(27%)

18 (23%)

8   (10%)

3   (4%)

2   (3%)

8  (10%)

0

48 (25%)

46 (23%)

45 (23%)

18 (9%)

10 (5%)

4   (2%)

22 (11%)

3   (1.5%)