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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Dec 18;26(6):1309–1317. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-2829

Table 1B:

Patient and Tumor Characteristics

Feature Discovery cohort
(n = 32), %
Validation cohort
(n = 21a), %
Healthy Controls
(n = 34), %
Median age at diagnosis 36.0 months 48.0 months 18.5 months
Age at diagnosis
 ≤ 18 mo 25 14.3 50
 18 mo - 5 yr 43.8 38.1 26.5
 > 5 yr 31.2 47.6 23.5
Sex
 Male 50 52.4 50
 Female 50 47.6 50
Race
 White 81.2 76.2 38.2
 Black 6.3 23.8 44.1
 Asian 3.1 0 5.9
 Unknown 9.4 0 11.8
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic 78.1 95.2 85.3
 Hispanic 12.5 4.8 2.9
 Unknown 9.4 0 11.8
Sample collection time
 Diagnosis 28.1 4.8
 During Therapy 21.9 38.1
 End or Off Therapy 25 19
 Relapse or progression 25 38.1
INSS Stage
 4 71.9 61.9
 4S 3.1 0
 3 12.5 33.3
 2 9.4 4.8
 1 3.1 0
Risk
 High 84.3 95.2
 Intermediate 6.3 4.8
 Low 9.4 0
MYCN
 Non-Amplified 71.9 66.7
 Gain 3.1 0
 Amplified 18.7 19
 Unknown 6.3 14.3

Abbreviations: INSS, International Neuroblastoma Staging System.

a

7 of these patients had samples in the Discovery cohort.