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. 2023 Feb 23;23:186. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-10553-7

Table 1.

Demographics, clinical characteristics, and treatment regimens of patients with GC/GEJC/EAC

Characteristic Total France Germany UK US Japan China
n = 995 n = 203 n = 200 n = 204 n = 143 n = 45 n = 200
Age, years
 Mean (SD) 65.0 (10.3) 65.0 (9.7) 65.0 (9.5) 67.7 (9.7) 67.9 (9.2) 70.2 (8.6) 59.0 (10.9)
 Median (IQR) 66.0 (59–72) 67.0 (60–71) 65.0 (58–71) 68.5 (64–74) 68.0 (61–73) 70.0 (64–78) 60.0 (51–67)
Male, n (%) 691 (69.5) 150 (73.9) 146 (73.0) 132 (64.7) 104 (72.7) 28 (62.2) 131 (65.5)
Female, n (%) 304 (30.5) 53 (26.1) 54 (27.0) 72 (35.3) 39 (27.3) 17 (37.8) 69 (34.5)
Confirmed diagnosis, n (%) 995 203 200 204 143 45 200
 GC 610 (61.3) 130 (64.0) 121 (60.5) 100 (49.0) 57 (39.9) 31 (68.9) 171 (85.5)
 GEJC 268 (26.9) 54 (26.7) 59 (29.5) 64 (31.4) 56 (39.2) 8 (17.8) 27 (13.5)
 EAC 117 (11.8) 19 (9.4) 20 (10.0) 40 (19.6) 30 (21.0) 6 (13.3) 2 (1.0)
Lauren classification, n (%) 873 181 195 170 100 39 188
 Diffuse 340 (39.0) 68 (37.6) 72 (36.9) 75 (44.1) 38 (38.0) 19 (48.7) 68 (36.2)
 Intestinal 375 (43.0) 89 (49.2) 85 (43.6) 61 (35.9) 38 (38.0) 18 (46.3) 84 (44.7)
 Mixed 158 (18.1) 24 (13.3) 38 (19.5) 34 (20.0) 24 (24.0) 2 (5.1) 36 (19.2)
HER2 status, n (%) 995 203 200 204 143 45 200
 HER2 positive 210 (21.1) 30 (14.8) 42 (21.0) 27 (13.2) 20 (14.0) 5 (11.1) 86 (43.0)
 HER2 status negative or unknown 785 (78.9) 173 (85.2) 158 (79.0) 177 (86.8) 123 (86.0) 40 (88.9) 114 (57.0)
Current therapy, n (%) 995 203 200 204 143 45 200
 Active first-line systemic therapy 870 (87.4) 198 (98.0) 183 (91.5) 172 (84.3) 118 (82.5) 41 (91.1) 158 (79.0)
 Best Supportive Care only 125 (12.6) 5 (2.5) 17 (8.5) 32 (15.7) 25 (17.5) 4 (8.9) 42 (21.0)
Current active treatment regimen, n (%) 870 198 183 172 118 41 158
 Anti-angiogenic based 28 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 14 (7.7) 0 (0.0) 4 (3.4) 2 (4.9) 8 (5.1)
 Mono chemotherapy 42 (4.8) 6 (3.0) 1 (0.6) 5 (2.9) 9 (7.6) 12 (29.3) 9 (5.7)
 Dual chemotherapy 383 (44.0) 111 (56.1) 51 (27.9) 67 (39.0) 59 (50.0) 21 (51.2) 74 (46.8)
 Triple chemotherapy 254 (29.2) 49 (24.8) 84 (45.9) 75 (43.6) 17 (14.4) 1 (2.4) 28 (17.7)
 Anti-HER2 based 134 (15.4) 31 (15.7) 33 (18.0) 25 (14.5) 10 (8.5) 3 (7.3) 32 (20.3)
 Anti-PD1 IO 29 (3.3) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 19 (16.1) 2 (4.9) 7 (4.4)

EAC Esophageal adenocarcinoma, GC Gastric cancer, GEJC Gastroesophageal junction cancer, HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, IQR Interquartile range, SD Standard deviation, UK United Kingdom, US United States, PD1 IO Programmed cell death protein 1 immuno-oncology