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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Oncol. 2017 Apr 1;3(4):472–480. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5469

Table 3.

Adjusted associations between biomarkers and survival after recurrence (SAR) among patients by primary tumor site*$

Proximal tumor Distal tumor

Biomarkers Events/N Adjusted median time in months (95% CI)1 HR 95% CI P-value Events/N Adjusted median time in months (95% CI)1 HR 95% CI P-value
MMR
 dMMR 41/55 30.3 (16.3-NR) 0.57 0.40-0.83 0.0028 13/18 27.0 (24.4-NR) 1.26 0.69-2.28 0.45
 pMMR 308/393 19.0 (17.2-20.6) Ref 213/366 36.6 (33.3-43.3) Ref

KRAS
 Codon 12 MT 120/162 21.8 (19.7-25.3) 0.85 0.65-1.12 0.26 81/113 27.0 (23.2-34.4) 1.76 1.30-2.38 0.0003
 Codon 13 MT 35/43 21.9 (16.6-30.2) 0.91 0.61-1.36 0.65 20/25 33.8 (24.4-48.1) 1.76 1.08-2.86 0.022
 WT 194/243 16.7 (14.5-19.4) Ref 125/246 43.3 (37.1-55.1) Ref

BRAF
 MT 85/94 13.2 (9.9-16.7) 1.90 1.37-2.64 0.0001 17/18 11.3 (6.5-23.4) 5.84 3.27-10.43 <.0001
 WT 264/354 21.8 (19.3-23.8) Ref 209/366 39.2 (33.9-44.2) Ref

KRAS/BRAF
 BRAF MT 85/94 12.8 (9.9-16.0) 1.90 1.37-2.64 0.0001 17/18 16.7 (6.6-25.5) 5.84 3.27-10.43 <.0001
 KRAS MT 155/205 23.3 (21.1-27.2) 0.87 0.67-1.12 0.28 101/138 29.1 (24.5-36.3) 1.76 1.32-2.34 <.0001
 Both WT 109/149 19.1 (14.7-26.8) Ref 108/228 45.4 (38.5-61.4) Ref

MMR/BRAF
 MT BRAF dMMR 24/29 14.5 (11.8-NR) 1.08 0.66-1.75 0.76 4/4 5.7 (2.8-NR) 9.38 3.23-27.28 <.0001
 WT BRAF dMMR 17/26 30.3 (16.3-NR) 0.59 0.35-0.99 0.047 9/14 27.0 (24.4-NR) 1.13 0.56-2.29 0.73
 MT BRAF pMMR 61/65 15.0 (9.9-16.7) 1.92 1.35-2.73 0.0003 13/14 14.5 (6.6-NR) 5.38 2.81-10.31 <.0001
 WT BRAF pMMR 247/328 20.7 (19.0-23.5) Ref 200/352 39.2 (34.4-44.2) Ref

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; MT, mutant; WT, wild-type; NR, not reached

*

Adjusting for age, sex, performance score, T/N stage, tumor site, histologic grade, biomarkers (when applicable), and time-to-recurrence

$

Stratified Cox models with four arms as individual stratums.

1

Based on direct adjusted survival curves from Cox model