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. 2018 Jan 23;118(5):662–669. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.479

Table 2. Clinicopathological characteristics of patients with and without KRAS mutations in postoperative serum.

  KRAS mutation status in postoperative serum
 
Parameter Negative (n=25) Positive (n=20) P
Age, years (median (range)) 70 (38–80) 70 (48–87) 0.672
Sex, n (%)     0.403
 Male 17 (68.0) 12 (60.0)  
 Female 8 (32.0) 8 (40.0)  
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 6 (24.0) 8 (40.0) 0.204
Family cancer history, n (%) 10 (40.0) 7 (35.0) 0.487
Procedure, n (%)     0.178
 Pancreaticoduodenectomy 16 (64.0) 9 (45.0)  
 Distal pancreatectomy 6 (24.0) 10 (50.0)  
 Total pancreatectomy 3 (12.0) 1 (5.0)  
NACRT, n (%)     0.167
 Performed 8 (32.0) 3 (15.0)  
Resection status, n (%)     0.352
 R0 21 (84.0) 15 (75.0)  
 R1 4 (16.0) 5 (25.0)  
Lymph node metastasis, n (%)     0.481
 N0 5 (20.0) 5 (25.0)  
 N1 20 (80.0) 15 (75.0)  
Stage (UICC), n (%)     0.260
 IA 2 (8.0) 0 (0.0)  
 IB 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)  
 IIA 3 (12.0) 5 (25.0)  
 IIB 20 (80.0) 15 (75.0)  
 III 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)  
 IV 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)  
Perioperative chemotherapy, n (%)      
 PI 19 (76.0) 13 (72.7) 0.315
Adjuvant chemotherapy, n (%)      
 S-1 or GEM 20 (80.0) 16 (72.7) 0.642
First recurrence region      
 Liver 3 (12.0) 4 (20.0) 0.229
 Lung 2 (8.0) 4 (20.0) 0.131
 Peritoneal 1 (4.0) 4 (20.0) 0.126
 Local 3 (12.0) 2 (10.0) 0.553
 Lymph node 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)  

Abbreviations: GEM=gemcitabine; NACRT=neo-adjuvant chemoradiotherapy; PI=portal infusion; UICC=Union for International Cancer Control.