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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Aug 15;18(20):5773–5779. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-1153

Table 2.

Patient characteristics by Progression-Free Survival (PFS) and Overall Survival (OS)

n 2-year
PFS (%)
(95% CI)
p-value 2-year OS
(%) (95% CI)
p -value
Overall 54 9 (1,17) 19 (7,31)
Age Age 17 years or younger 29 14 (2,26) 0.1 30 (12,48) 0.07
Age 18 years or older 25 4 (0,12) 5 (0,15)
Gender Female 26 4 (0,12) 0.1 9 (0,21) 0.1
Male 28 14 (0,28) 29 (9,49)
Tumor Location Thoracic 31 3 (0,9) 0.04 15 (1,29) 0.1
Head/Neck 19 16 (0,32) 27 (2,52)
Other Locations 4 25 (0,68) 25 (0,68)
Tumor Histology Carcinoma with Squamous Differentiation 21 14 (0,30) 0.4 33 (9,57) 0.2
Carcinoma without Squamous Differentiation 23 4 (0,12) 6 (0,18)
Other Histology 9 11 (0,33) 22 (0,49)
NUT Translocation BRD4-NUT 38 8 (0,12) 0.1 12 (0,24) 0.4
BRD3-NUT 3 0 33 (0,86)
NUT-Variant 12 17 (0,39) 33 (6,60)
Metastases No Metastases 21 19 (1,37) 0.04 25 (3,37) 0.1
Metastases 32 3 (0,9) 16 (2,26)
Lymph Node Involvement No Involvement 29 10 (0,22) 0.3 20 (2,38) 0.3
Involvement 25 8 (0,18) 18 (2,34)
Extent of Surgical Resection Less than Gross Total 10 10 (0,30) 0.01 44 (7,81) 0.03
Complete 5 60 (17,100) 80 (45,100)
Less than Gross Total or No Surgical Resection 49 4 (0,10) 0.001 12 (0,24) 0.002
Complete 5 60 (17,100) 80 (45,100)
Initial Radiotherapy No 27 0 <0.0001 5 (0,15) 0.0003
Yes 26 19 (3,35) 35 (13,57)
Chemotherapy Regimen Platinum-based 33 9 (0,19) 0.6 22 (4,40) 0.3
Other 20 10 (0,24) 15 (0,31)
Anthracycline/Alkylator-based 17 18 (0,36) 0.6 28 (4,40) 0.4
Other 36 6 (0,14) 15 (1,29)

Abbreviation: CI (confidence interval)