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. 2013 Jun 1;6(3):363–369. doi: 10.1593/tlo.13166

Table 1.

Patient and Disease Characteristics at Baseline.

Characteristics Overall (N = 118) Oxaliplatin-Based (N = 83) Irinotecan-Based (N = 35)



No. of Patients % No. of Patients % No. of Patients %
Sex
Male 67 57 45 54 22 63
Female 51 43 38 46 13 37
Age, years
Median 61 60 64
Range 15–86 15–86 25–81
>50 96 81 66 80 30 86
≤50 22 19 17 20 5 14
KRAS
Wild type 72 61 52 63 20 57
Mutant 46 39 31 37 15 43
Tumor site
Proximal* 34 29 27 33 7 20
Distal 84 71 56 67 28 80
No. of metastatic sites
1 67 57 50 60 17 49
2 41 35 27 33 14 40
≥3 10 8 6 7 4 11
Initial stage
I–III 38 32 19 23 19 54
IV 80 68 64 77 16 46
*

Proximal indicates cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, and transverse colon.

Distal indicates splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.