Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of the study population
| Characteristics | All patients (n = 120) N (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (yr) | |
| Median | 63 |
| Range | 28–88 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 92 (76.7%) |
| Female | 28 (23.3%) |
| Smoking status | |
| Smoker | 68 (56.7%) |
| Non-smoker | 52 (43.3%) |
| Histology | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 105 (87.5%) |
| Others NSCLC | 15 (12.5%) |
| Stage | |
| IV | 120 (100%) |
| ALK test | |
| FISH | 90 (75%) |
| IHC | 30 (25%) |
| EGFR status | |
| Mutated | 21 (17.5%) |
| Wild | 99 (82.5%) |
| Kras status | |
| Mutated | 7 (5.8%) |
| Wild | 55 (45.8%) |
| Not tested | 58 (48.3%) |
Yr year, NSCLC non small cell lung cancer, ALK anaplastic lymphoma kinase, FISH fluorescent in situ hybridization, IHC immunohistochemistry, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor, Kras Kirsten rat sarcoma