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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics (n = 90)

From: Retrospective study of RAS/PIK3CA/BRAF tumor mutations as predictors of response to first-line chemotherapy with bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer patients

Characteristic

N (%)

Sex

 Male

48 (53.3)

 Female

42 (46.7)

Median age (range), years

63 (27–79)

ECOG performance status

 0

82 (91.1)

 1, 2

8 (8.9)

Site of primary tumor

 RCC (cecum to the transverse colon)

34 (37.8)

 LCRC (descending to the rectosigmoid colon)

40 (44.4)

 Rectum

16 (17.8)

Mode of metastasis

 Synchronous

77 (85.6)

 Asynchronous

13 (14.4)

Sites of metastasis

 Liver

51

 Lung

38

 Distant lymph nodes

29

 Peritoneum

23

Histology

 Differentiated

83 (92.2)

 Undifferentiated

7 (7.8)

Number of metastases

 1

37 (41.1)

  ≥ 2

53 (58.9)

Chemotherapy regimen

 FOLFOX4/mFOLFOX6 or XELOX

86 (95.6)

 FOLFIRI

4 (4.4)

Prior metastatectomy

 Yes

12 (13.3)

 No

78 (86.7)

Resection of primary tumor

 Yes

67 (74.4)

 No

23 (25.6)

Previous oxaliplatin treatment as adjuvant CTx

 Yes

13 (14.4)

 No

77 (85.6)

KRAS status (codon 12,13)

 Wild-type

47 (52.2)

 Mutant

43 (47.8)

RAS status (KRAS/NRAS)

 Wild-type

42 (46.7)

 Mutant

48 (53.3)

PIK3CA status

 Wild-type

82 (91.1)

 Mutant

8 (8.9)

BRAF status

 Wild-type

82 (91.1)

 Mutant

8 (8.9)

  1. ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, RCC right-sided colon cancer, LCRC left-sided colorectal cancer, CTx chemotherapy