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. 2008 Nov 4;99(11):1757–1762. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604721

Table 3. Incidence of EGFR mutations in surgically resected specimens.

    All cases
Adenocarcinoma
Non-smokers
    Total Mutation Total Mutation Total Mutation
Author Country N N (%) N N (%) N N (%)
Western areas
 Shigematsu USA 80 11 (14) 44 11 (25) 26 7 (27)
 Pao USA 96 11 (11) 72 11 (15) 15 7 (47)
 Yang USA 219 26 (12) 164 25 (15) 34 12 (35)
 Marchetti Italy 860 39 (5) 375 39 (10) 103a 23 (22)
               
  Subtotal 1255 87 (7) 655 86 (13) 75 26 (35)
               
Asian areas
 Shigematsu Japan 263 71 (27) 154 67 (44) 78 47 (60)
 Kosaka Japan 277 111 (40) 224 110 (49) 112a 76 (68)
 Tokumo Japan 120 38 (32) 82 37 (45) 36 25 (69)
 Sasaki Japan 95 35 (37) 71 32 (45) 36 25 (69)
 Shigematsu Taiwan 93 32 (34) 55 31 (56) 55 27 (49)
 Qin China 41 10 (24) 17 7 (41) 21 6 (29)
 Soung Korea 153 30 (20) 69 26 (38) 54 25 (46)
 Shigematsu Others 361 107 (30) 214 102 (48) 135 76 (56)
               
  Subtotal 1403 434 (31) 886 412 (47) 415 231 (56)
               
Other areas
 Shigematsu Australia 83 6 (7) 36 5 (14) 7 4 (57)
 Shigematsu Others 158 13 (8) 75 12 (16) 31 9 (29)
               
  Subtotal 241 19 (8) 111 17 (15) 38 13 (34)
               
  Toatl 2899 540 (19) 1652 515 (31) 528 270 (51)
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Including only patients with adenocarcinoma histology.