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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2014 Feb 7;15(3):323–332. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)70012-9

Table 3.

Patient characteristics by mutation status (randomised population)11

BRAFV600E (n=598) BRAFV600K (n=57)
Median age (years) 53·0 (44·0–62·0) 63·0 (47·0–65·0)

Geographical region
 Australia/New Zealand 72 (12%) 5 (9%)
 North America 144 (24%) 23 (40%)
 Other 18 (3%) ··
 Western Europe 364 (61%) 29 (51%)

ECOG PS
 0 407 (68%) 43 (75%)
 1 191 (32%) 14 (25%)

Metastatic classification
 M1a 66 (11%) 6 (11%)
 M1b 118 (20%) 8 (14%)
 M1c 389 (65%) 39 (68%)
 Unresectable stage IIIc 25 (4%) 4 (7%)
 Serum LDH elevated 254 (42%) 21 (37%)

Data are number of patients (%), unless otherwise indicated. ECOG PS=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status. LDH=lactate dehydrogenase. Reprinted with permission from Massachusetts Medical Society, who own the copyright.