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. 2012 Nov 22;108(1):115–120. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.526

Table 1. Patient characteristics (n 90).

  Wt KRAS (42 patients 47%)
 
Characteristics No./total % Mt KRAS (48 patients, 53%)
Gender
 M 26/42 62 30/48 62
 F 16/42 38 18/48 38
Median age 64   62  
         
Tumour site
 Right colon 11/42 26 13/48 27
 Trasversum 1/42 3 2/48 5
 Descending colon 3/42 7 6/48 12
 Sigmoid—rectum 27/42 64 27/48 56
         
Metastatic sites
 Liver 35/42 83 38/48 80
 Lung 17/42 40 21/48 44
 Lymphonodes 5/42 12 8/48 17
 Peritoneum 6/42 14 7/48 15
 Other 4/42 10 2/48 4
         
FOLFOX
 First line 22/42 52 27/48 56
 Second line 20/42 48 21/48 44
         
PS (ECOG)
 0 33/42 78 39/48 81
 1 9/42 22 8/48 17
 2 0/42 0 1/48 2
Synchronous metastases 34/42 80 36/48 75
Metachronuos metastases 8/42 20 12/48 25
Median time to relapse (m) 32   29  
Surgery for primary tumour 39/42 93 44/48 91
Adjuvant CT (5-FU+folinic acid) 7/42 16 5/48 10
         
Third- and forth-line CT
Capecitabine 7/42 16 27/48 56
Anti-EGFR therapies 18/42 43 3/48 6
         
EGFR expression (68 patients; cutoff point 1%)
 Overexpression 28/30 93 28/38 73
 Underexpression 2/30 7 10/38 27

Abbreviations: CT=chemotherapy; ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; EGFR=epidermal growth factor receptor; F=female; FOLFOX=fluorouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin; FU=fluorouracil; M=male; Mt=muatted; PS=performance status; Wt=wild type.