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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 25.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2012 Jun 6;118(24):10.1002/cncr.27666. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27666

Table 2.

Analysis of Overall Survival Defined From the Date of Original Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer

KRAS Statusa No. of
Patients
Median OS
(95% CI), mo
3-Year Survival
Estimate
(95% CI)
5-Year Survival
Estimate
(95% CI)
Pb
Synchronous group
  WT 39 36.3 (21.8–58.3) 0.51 (0.33–0.66) 0.28 (0.12–0.46) .55
  Mutant 25 40.3 (27.3–51.0) 0.59 (0.36–0.77) 0.16 (0.03–0.38)
Metachronous group
  WT 31 68.4 (53.5–95.1) 0.83 (0.64–0.93) 0.65 (0.44–0.79) .37
  Mutant 15 92.0 (51.8 to NA) 0.93 (0.61–0.99) 0.69 (0.37–0.87)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; KRAS, v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog; NA, not applicable; OS, overall survival; WT, wild type.

a

Patients in the synchronous group had metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis; patients in the metachronous group developed metastases after their initial diagnosis of localized disease.

b

P values for OS were calculated with the log-rank test.