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Table 1 Clinical features of metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with irinotecan-based therapy

From: DEK is a potential marker for aggressive phenotype and irinotecan-based therapy response in metastatic colorectal cancer

Characteristics

Patients (Nā€‰=ā€‰67)

Median age-years (range)

62 (33ā€“79)

Sex

ā€ƒMale

47 (70%)

ā€ƒFemale

20 (30%)

Median CEA (range, ng/mL)

16 (0ā€“2066)

Performance status WHO

ā€ƒ0

29 (43%)

ā€ƒ1

35 (52%)

ā€ƒ2

3 (5%)

Site of primary tumor

ā€ƒColon

35 (52%)

ā€ƒRectum

32 (48%)

METASTASIS

ā€ƒLiver

31 (47%)

ā€ƒLiver & other

19 (28%)

ā€ƒOther

15 (22%)

ā€ƒN.A.

2 (3%)

KRAS

ā€ƒWild-type

35 (52%)

ā€ƒMutated

26 (39%)

ā€ƒN.A.

6 (9%)

BRAF

ā€ƒWild-type

60 (90%)

ā€ƒMutated

7 (10%)

Biologic treatment

ā€ƒBevacizumab

23 (34%)

ā€ƒCetuximab

7 (11%)

ā€ƒNone

37 (55%)

TOPO I expression level

ā€ƒHigh

21 (31%)

ā€ƒLow

20 (30%)

ā€ƒN.A.

26 (39%)

DEK expression level

ā€ƒHigh

21 (31%)

ā€ƒLow

46 (69%)

  1. N.A.: not available. Other refers to lung, lymph node and/or peritoneal metastasis.