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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

From: Increased blood-based intratumor heterogeneity (bITH) is associated with unfavorable outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitors plus chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer

Characteristics

With baseline biopsy (n = 51)

With follow-up biopsy (n = 37)

Age, years

 Median (range)

64 (46–76)

64 (46–72)

Sex

 Male

40 (78.4)

31 (83.8)

 Female

11 (21.6)

6 (16.2)

Smoking

 Never

27 (52.9)

18 (48.6)

 Ever/current

24 (47.1)

19 (51.4)

Histology

 NOS

7 (13.7)

6 (16.2)

 Adenocarcinoma

27 (52.9)

17 (45.9)

 Squamous

17 (33.3)

14 (37.8)

Stage

 IIIB-IIIC

13 (25.5)

10 (27.0)

 IV

38 (74.5)

27 (73.0)

Tumor size

 ≤ 5 cm

36 (70.6)

27 (73.0)

 > 5 cm

15 (29.4)

10 (27.0)

Number of metastatic organs

 0–1

37 (72.5)

27 (73.0)

 ≥ 2

14 (27.5)

10 (27.0)

Metastasis sites

 Lung

26 (51.0)

18 (48.6)

 Brain

4 (7.8)

2 (5.4)

 Bone

8 (15.7)

6 (16.2)

 Liver

2 (3.9)

2 (5.4)

 Adrenal

2 (3.9)

2 (5.4)

 Lymph gland

9 (17.6)

6 (16.2)

 Others

0 (0)

5 (13.5)

PD-L1a

 Positive

12 (40.0)

9 (39.1)

 Negative

18 (60.0)

14 (60.9)

 Unknown

21

14

ICIs Lines

 1

34 (66.7)

26 (70.3)

 ≥ 2

17 (33.3)

11 (29.7)

ICIs drug

 Pembrolizumab

18 (35.3)

13 (35.1)

 Camrelizumab

11 (21.6)

8 (21.6)

 Sintinimab

16 (31.4)

11 (29.7)

 Tislelizumab

4 (7.8)

4 (10.8)

 Toripalimab

2 (3.9)

1 (2.7)

Chemo-drugb

 Pemetrexed

15 (29.4)

9 (24.3)

 Gemcitabine

11 (20.6)

9 (24.3)

 Paclitaxel

19 (37.2)

14 (37.8)

 Docetaxel

6 (11.8)

5 (13.5)

  1. Abbreviation: NOS not-otherwise-specified
  2. aAntibodies for testing PD-L1 expression include E1L3N and 22C3
  3. bAll patients received platinum-based chemotherapy