Fig. 5

Kaplan–Meier curves of PFS and OS according to cachexia and cardiac visual scores. No statistically significant difference for the PFS (A) and OS (B) was observed between the patients with and without cachexia. There was no significant difference for PFS between a cardiac high and low visual score (C); however, the patients with a low visual score yielded a worse OS than those with a high score (D). The absence of cachexia and a cardiac high visual score were not identified as a prognostic predictor of PFS (E) and OS (F), whereas, cachexia and a cardiac low visual score depicted a significant predictor for OS (H) but not PFS (G). Abbreviations: PFS, progression-free survival; OS overall survival