Table 1.

Demographic data and symptoms at initial presentation in relation to HER-2/neu and CD117 overexpression (n = 174)*.

	HER-2/neu negative (n = 120)	HER-2/neu positive (n = 53)	CD117 negative (n = 119)	CD117 positive (n = 54)
Mean age at diagnosis (years):	65	66	63	65.5
Mean age at death (years):	67	68	67.5	67
Sex:
• Male (n = 98)	62	36	65	33
• Female (n = 76)	59	17	65	21
Performance score:
• Scores 0 – 2 (n = 102)	71	32	69	33
• Scores 3 – 4 (n = 72)	49	21	50	21
Most common symptoms*:
• Weight loss (n = 61)	47	14	44	17
• Cough (n = 53)	36	17	33	20
• Dyspnea (n = 33)	26	7	27	6

* not all symptoms are included and some patients had more than one symptom at presentation.