| Tumor histology | Disease stage | Median survival* | Reference |
| Colorectal adenocarcinoma | IV | 5 to 6 months | Scheithauer 1993 |
| Gastric adenocarcinoma | IV | 5 months | Glimelius 1997 |
| Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma | IV/recurrent | 4 months | Kowalski 2000 |
| Non-small cell lung cancer | IIIb/IV | 4.1 months | Roszkowski 2000 |
| 5.3 months | Attali 1987 | ||
| 5.9 months | Cellerino 1991 | ||
| "Advanced disease" | 2.5 months | Meta-analysis, BMJ 1995 | |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | Unresectable | 4.2 to 8 months | Llovet 2008, Cheng 2009 |
| Pancreatic adenocarcinoma | IV | 7 months | Huguier 2001 |
| IV, following failure of front-line gemcitabine chemotherapy (locally advanced inoperable or metastatic) | 2.3 months | Pelzer 2011 |
