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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: A Phase II study of pulse dose imatinib mesylate and weekly paclitaxel in patients aged 70 and over with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Characteristic

Number (%)1

Age (Years)

 

  Median

74.5

  Range

70-86

Sex

 

  Male

23 (68%)

  Female

11 (32%)

Histology

 

  Adenocarcinoma

16 (47%)

  Squamous

10 (29%)

  Poorly differentiated

6 (18%)

  Large cell/other

2 (6%)

Stage 2

 

  IIIB

8 (24%)

  IV

26 (76%)

ECOG Performance Status (n=32)

 

  0

10 (29%)

  1

18 (53%)

  2

4 (11%)

Charlson Comorbidity Score (n=33)

 

  Median

1

  Range

0-7

VES-13 Score (n=29)

 

  Median

1

  Range

0-8

  VES ≥ 3 (Frail)

11 (38%)

Tumor PDGF score (n=14) 3

 

  Median

75

  Range

0-300

  1. 1Number(percent) unless units otherwise specified.
  2. 2American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th ed.
  3. 3Score: Intensity of cytoplasmic staining x percent of tumor cells.