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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2021 May 4;27(14):4066–4076. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-0423

Table 1:

Clinicopathologic comparison of IMAs with KRAS mutations, NRG1 fusions, and other alterations

KRAS
N=104
NRG1
N=12
Other
N=28
p value for KRAS+ vs NRG1+

Age at Diagnosis, years
 Range 27 – 89 37 – 84 34 – 89
 Median 67 69 62 0.58

Sex
 Female 71 (68%) 6 (50%) 14 (50%)
 Male 33 (32%) 6 (50%) 14 (50%) 0.21

Smoking status
 Heavy smoker 41 (39%) 2 (17%) 6 (21%)
 Light smoker (≥15 PY) 38 (37%) 4 (33%) 8 (29%)
 Never 25 (24%) 6 (50%) 14 (50%) 0.12

Pack years
 Range 0 – 120 0 – 43 0 – 80
 Mean 20.0 5.9 11.3 0.040

Stage at Baseline
 I 53 (51%) 2 (17%) 11 (39%)
 II 23 (22%) 3 (25%) 2 (7%)
 III 17 (16%) 5 (41%) 6 (22%)
 IV 11 (11%) 2 (17%) 9 (32%) 0.08

Surgically Resected Ever
 Yes 92 (88%) 10 (83%) 18 (64%)
 No 12 (12%) 2 (17%) 10 (36%) 0.63

Metastatic disease
 Yes 33 (32%) 8 (67%) 17 (61%)
 No 71 (68%) 4 (33%) 11 (39%) 0.016

Site of metastasis
 Intrathoracic only 28 (27%) 2 (17%) 12 (43%)
 Intrathoracic + Extrathoracic 5 (5%) 6 (50%) 5 (18%) 0.0006

Histologic type
 Pure IMA 92 (88%) 10 (83%) 13 (46%)
 Mixed IMA 12 (12%) 2 (17%) 15 (54%) 0.61

Primary Tumor Size, cm
 Range 0.3 – 19.5 2.5 – 15.5 0.4 – 15.5
 Mean 3.9 7.7 5.5 0.0004

Aggressive histologic features (tumor necrosis or desmoplastic stromal invasion)
 Present 56 (54%) 11 (92%) 17 (61%)
 Absent 48 (46%) 1 (8%) 11 (39%) 0.012