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. 2017 Aug 31;24(4):228–233. doi: 10.3747/co.24.3496

TABLE II.

Metastatic sites: frequency at initial diagnosis and three-year cumulative incidence ratea by EGFR mutation status

Site Frequency Cumulative incidence (%)


Overall EGFR WT EGFR-positive p Valueb Overall EGFRWT EGFR-positive p Valuec






(n) (%) (n) (%) (n) (%) Rate 95% CI Rate 95% CI Rate 95% CI
Lung 287 52.9 215 50.9 72 59.5 0.10 53.2 48.9 to 57.3 51.0 46.1 to 55.6 61.2 51.8 to 69.2 0.048
Bone 211 38.9 167 39.6 44 36.4 0.60 40.4 36.2 to 44.5 40.8 36.1 to 45.4 38.9 30.2 to 47.6 0.65
Brain 118 21.7 89 21.1 29 24.0 0.53 30.7 26.8 to 34.6 28.2 23.9 to 32.6 39.2 30.4 to 47.9 0.038
Liver 62 11.4 48 11.4 14 11.6 1.00 12.4 9.8 to 15.3 12.1 9.2 to 15.4 13.2 7.9 to 20 0.74
Adrenal gland 59 10.9 49 11.6 10 8.3 0.41 11.1 8.6 to 13.9 11.9 9 to 15.1 8.3 4.2 to 14 0.27
Distal nodes 56 10.3 44 10.4 12 9.9 1.00 10.7 8.3 to 13.5 10.9 8.2 to 14.2 9.9 5.4 to 16 0.75
Soft tissue 22 4.1 17 4.0 5 4.1 1.00 4.8 3.2 to 6.8 4.8 3 to 7.1 5.0 2 to 9.9 0.93
Pericardium 15 2.8 10 2.4 5 4.1 0.34 3.1 1.9 to 4.9 2.6 1.4 to 4.5 5.0 2 to 9.9 0.19
Spleen 6 1.1 4 0.9 2 1.7 0.62 1.1 0.5 to 2.3 0.9 0.3 to 2.3 1.7 0.3 to 5.3 0.51
Kidney 2 0.4 1 0.2 1 0.8 0.40 0.4 0.1 to 1.3 0.2 0 to 1.3 0.8 0.1 to 4.1 0.35
a

Estimated using a competing-risks method.

b

Calculated using the Fisher exact test.

c

Calculated using the Gray test.

WT = wild type; CI = confidence interval.