Table 1.
Characteristics of all patients and germline cases*
Characteristic | All patients (N=11) |
Germline cases (N=5) |
|
---|---|---|---|
Age at diagnosis |
Median (Range) | 56 (44–75) | 56 (44–73) |
Smoking history |
Never-smoker Former/current smoker |
6 (55%) 5 (45%) |
4 (80%) 1 (20%) |
First-degree relative with lung cancer |
Present Absent |
3 (27%) 8 (73%) |
2 (40%) 3 (60%) |
Stage | I II III IV† |
2 (18%) 1 (9%) 0 (0%) 8 (73%) |
1 (10%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (80%) |
Histology | Adenocarcinoma | 11 (100%) | 5 (100%) |
EGFR sensitizing mutation |
Exon 19 deletion Exon 21 L858R Different mutations in different lesions† No sensitizing mutation |
4 (36%) 6 (55%) 1 (9%) 0 (0%) |
2 (40%) 2 (40%) 1 (10%) 0 (0%) |
Two of these patients have been previously reported as part of a separate study6
One patient had multiple pulmonary nodules harboring different EGFR sensitizing mutations in addition to T790M, possibly representing multiple primary lung cancers rather than stage IV disease