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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Nov 18;117(12):10.1002/cncr.25750. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25750

Table 1.

Patient and Disease Characteristics at the Initiation of Targeted Therapy (N=1158)a

Variable Total Cohort
(n=1158), %
Median age [range], y 60 [13-89]
Median KPS [range] 80 [30-100]
Men 73.4
>1 Metastatic site 77.4
Brain metastases 8
Prior nephrectomy 80.2
Targeted therapy as first-line therapy 68.6
Type of targeted therapy 68.6
 Sunitinib 69.3
 Sorafenib 22.7
 Bevacizumab 6.6
 Temsirolimus 1.2
 Axitinib 0.2
MSKCC risk category
 Favorable 21.2
 Intermediate 56.2
 Poor 22.6
Heng criteria risk
 Favorable 21.1
 Intermediate 50.2
 Poor 28.7

KPS indicates Karnofsky performance status; MSKCC, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

a

The risk category was unknown in 195 patients (MSKCC) and in 125 patients (Heng criteria; Heng 20098).