Table 2.
Correlations between epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and KRAS mutations or EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapeutic efficacy and the anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion gene
Feature | Total | Positive | Negative | P-value† |
---|---|---|---|---|
EGFR n(%) 103 (100) | ||||
Mutation | 16 (15.5) | 1 (2.6) | 15 (23.1) | 0.005 |
Wild | 87 (84.5) | 37 (97.4) | 50 (76.9) | |
KRAS n(%) 103 (100) | ||||
Mutation | 4 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 4 (6.2) | 0.294 |
Wild | 99 (96.1) | 38 (100) | 61 (93.8) | |
Time of benefiting from EGFR-TKI treatment n(%) 34 (100) | ||||
≤6 months | 27 (79.4) | 9 (100) | 18 (72.0) | 0.151 |
>6 months | 7 (20.6) | 0 (0) | 7 (28.0) |
Comparison between positive and negative groups. EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor.