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. 2008 Nov 20;99(12):2496–2501. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.00985.x

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and treatment outcomes according to the ABCG2 Q141K and V12M polymorphisms

ABCG2 Q141K P‐value ABCG2 V12M P‐value
QQ QK KK VV VM MM
No. patients (%) 69 (47.6%) 9 (6.2%) 71 (49.0%) 63 (43.4%) 11 (7.6%)
Sex (no. men/women) 39/28 45/24 5/4 0.657 44/27 37/26 8/3 0.672
Age (years), median (range) 55 (17–75) 59 (39–79) 0.581 57 (17–81) 55 (17–75) 59 (39–79) 0.120
Disease, n (%)
   Age at least 60 years 28 (41.8%) 30 (43.5%) 4 (44.4%) 0.975 32 (45.1%) 22 (34.9%) 8 (72.7%) 0.428
   Stage 3, 4 25 (37.3%) 24 (34.8%) 4 (44.4%) 0.839 25 (35.2%) 39 (38.1%) 7 (36.4%) 0.942
   Elevated LDH 35 (52.2%) 37 (53.6%) 4 (55.6%) 0.976 36 (50.7%) 34 (54.0%) 7 (63.6%) 0.714
   Extranodal 9 (13.4%) 4 (5.8%) 2 (22.2%) 0.166 9 (12.7%) 5 (7.9%) 1 (9.1%) 0.661
   B symptoms 11 (16.4%) 17 (24.6%) 1 (11.1%) 0.385 17 (23.9%) 9 (14.3%) 3 (27.3%) 0.310
   ECOG of at least 2 15 (22.4%) 17 (24.6%) 1 (11.1%) 0.658 15 (21.1%) 13 (20.6%) 5 (45.5%) 0.174
IPI score, n (%) 0.878 0.123
   0–2 50 (74.6%) 51 (73.9%) 6 (66.7%) 50 (70.4%) 51 (81.0%) 6 (54.5%)
   3–5 17 (25.4%) 18 (26.1%) 3 (33.3%) 21 (29.6%) 12 (19.0%) 5 (45.5%)
BCL2 expression, n (%) 0.065 0.719
   Positive 22 (32.8%) 17 (24.6%) 4 (44.4%) 20 (28.2%) 20 (31.7%) 3 (27.3%)
   Negative 9 (13.4%) 14 (20.3%) 4 (44.4%) 12 (16.9%) 14 (22.2%) 1 (9.1%)
   Not tested 36 (53.7%) 38 (55.1%) 1 (11.1%) 39 (54.9%) 29 (46.0%) 7 (63.6%)
Response, n (%) 0.555 0.226
   CR 47 (70.1%) 54 (78.3%) 8 (88.9%) 54 (76.1%) 47 (74.6%) 8 (72.7%)
   PR 10 (14.9%) 9 (13.0%) 0 (0%) 6 (8.5%) 10 (15.9%) 3 (27.3%)
   SD/PD 10 (14.9%) 6 (8.7%) 1 (11.1%) 11 (15.5%) 6 (9.5%) 0 (0%)
   ORR (CR + PR) 57 (85.1%) 63 (91.3%) 8 (88.9%) 60 (84.5%) 57 (90.5%) 11 (100%)
Survival, n (%) 0.150 0.826
   Survival 46 (74.2%) 56 (81.2%) 6 (66.7%) 54 (77.1%) 47 (77.0%) 7 (77.8%)
   Relapse 9 (14.5%) 4 (5.8%) 0 (0%) 8 (11.4%) 4 (6.6%) 1 (11.1%)
   Death 7 (11.3%) 9 (13.0%) 3 (33.3%) 8 (11.4%) 10 (16.4%) 1 (11.1%)

Total no. cases evaluated = 140. CR, complete response; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; IPI, International Prognostic Index; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; ORR, overall response rate; PD, progressive disease; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease.