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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2013 Oct;258(4):10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a5025a. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a5025a

Table 3.

Univariate and Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Overall Survival (OS) in 193 Patients Who Underwent Somatic Gene Mutation Analysis

Factor 3-year OS
(%)
5-year
OS (%)
Univariate
Analysis
P Value
Multivariate Analysis

P Value Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
Disease-free intervala
  <12 months (n=130) 72.7 58.3 0.197
  ≥12 months (n=63) 84 69
Primary tumor location
  Rectum (n=39) 71.8 54.2 0.611
  Colon (n=154) 77.2 63.4
Primary tumor nodal status
  Positive (n=133) 72.5 53 0.004 NS
  Negative (n=60) 85 81.3
RAS mutation status
  Mutant (n=34) 52.2 44.7 0.002 0.002 2.26 (1.13 – 4.51)
  Wild-type (n=159) 81 65.4
No. of cycles of preoperative chemotherapy
  >6 (n=65) 65.5 51.2 0.017 NS
  ≤6 (n=128) 83.2 69
Pathologic response
  %VTC ≥50% (n=87) 65.2 45.2 <0.001 0.022 2.10 (1.11 – 3.97)
  %VTC <50% (n=106) 86.1 64.5
No. of CLM
  Multiple (n=125) 73 58.4 0.160
  Single (n=68) 82.8 67.8
Diameter of largest of CLM
  >5 cm (n=24) 58.9 46.4 0.030 NS
  ≤5 cm (n=169) 79.1 64.3
Major complication
  Yes (n=32) 64.1 53 0.108
  No (n=161) 77.6 62
Surgical margin
  Negative (n=174) 75.1 59.1 0.312
  Positive (n=19) 86.5 86.5

CLM indicates colorectal liver metastases; NS, not significant; %VTC, percentage viable tumor cells.

a

From diagnosis of primary tumor to diagnosis of CLM.