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

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of patients with GC/GEJC/EAC, HER2 status negative/unknown, on first-line treatment

Disease status Total France Germany UK US Japan China
n = 682 n = 168 n = 146 n = 145 n = 99 n = 36 n = 88
Time since initial diagnosis, months 625 156 135 129 86 31 88
 Mean (SD) 6.3 (13.0) 6.2 (10.0) 5.3 (6.2) 3.3 (3.4) 6.4 (13.2) 10.3 (12.4) 11.3 (26.3)
 Median (IQR) 3 (2–6) 3 (2–5) 3 (2–5) 2 (2–4) 3 (2–5) 6 (2–11) 6 (3–14)
Time since advanced diagnosis, months 629 155 139 129 87 31 88
 Mean (SD) 4.8 (7.6) 4.5 (7.1) 4.8 (5.6) 3.1 (3.1) 6.0 (13.1) 8.5 (9.6) 5.0 (7.1)
 Median (IQR) 3 (2–5) 3 (2–4) 3 (2–5) 2 (2–3) 3 (2–5) 6 (2–10) 3 (2–5)
ECOG at advanced diagnosis, n (%) 679 168 143 145 99 36 88
 0 98 (14.4) 21 (12.5) 8 (5.6) 31 (21.4) 11 (11.1) 15 (41.7) 12 (13.6)
 1 421 (62.0) 101 (60.1) 100 (69.9) 102 (70.3) 58 (58.6) 15 (41.7) 45 (51.1)
 2 152 (22.4) 45 (26.8) 35 (24.5) 12 (8.3) 23 (23.2) 6 (16.7) 31 (35.2)
Current ECOGa, n (%) 682 168 146 145 99 36 88
 0 73 (10.7) 13 (7.7) 6 (4.1) 27 (18.6) 12 (12.1) 9 (25.0) 6 (6.8)
 1 388 (56.9) 92 (54.9) 76 (52.1) 105 (72.4) 58 (58.6) 19 (52.8) 38 (43.2)
 2 221 (32.4) 63 (37.5) 64 (43.8) 13 (9.0) 29 (29.3) 8 (22.2) 44 (50.0)
ECOG changeb, n (%) 672 167 138 145 99 36 87
 Unchanged 510 (75.9) 132 (79.0) 96 (69.6) 129 (89.0) 80 (80.8) 24 (66.7) 49 (56.3)
 Changed 162 (24.1) 35 (21.0) 42 (30.4) 16 (11.0) 19 (19.2) 12 (33.3) 38 (43.7)
TNM staging at advanced diagnosis, n (%) 682 168 146 145 99 36 88
 Stage IIIA 74 (10.9) 6 (3.6) 28 (19.2) 3 (2.1) 10 (10.1) 1 (2.8) 26 (29.6)
 Stage IIIB 79 (11.6) 8 (4.8) 28 (19.2) 2 (1.4) 9 (9.1) 1 (2.8) 31 (35.2)
 Stage IIIC 72 (10.6) 19 (11.3) 16 (11.0) 12 (8.3) 11 (11.1) 0 (0.0) 14 (15.9)
 Stage IV 457 (67.0) 135 (80.4) 74 (50.7) 128 (88.3) 69 (69.7) 34 (94.4) 17 (19.3)
Current TNM staging, n (%) 682 168 146 145 99 36 88
 Stage IIIA 37 (5.4) 1 (0.6) 15 (10.3) 1 (0.7) 8 (8.1) 0 (0.0) 12 (13.6)
 Stage IIIB 68 (10.0) 8 (4.8) 21 (14.4) 1 (0.7) 8 (8.1) 0 (0.0) 30 (34.1)
 Stage IIIC 78 (11.4) 19 (11.3) 15 (10.3) 11 (7.6) 10 (10.1) 1 (2.8) 22 (25.0)
 Stage IV 499 (73.2) 140 (83.3) 95 (65.1) 132 (91.0) 73 (73.7) 35 (97.2) 24 (27.3)
De novo vs recurrent disease, n (%) 682 168 146 145 99 36 88
 De novo 552 (80.9) 151 (89.9) 107 (73.3) 138 (95.2) 87 (87.9) 32 (88.9) 37 (42.1)
 Recurrent 130 (19.1) 17 (10.1) 39 (26.7) 7 (4.8) 12 (12.1) 4 (11.1) 51 (58.0)

EAC Esophageal adenocarcinoma, ECOG Eastern cooperative oncology group, GC Gastric cancer, GEJC Gastroesophageal junction cancer, HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, IQR Interquartile range, SD Standard deviation, TNM Tumor, Nodes, Metastases, UK United Kingdom, US United States

ano patients had an ECOG status of 3 or 4

brelating to change in ECOG status from advanced diagnosis to current