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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study cohort at baseline (N = 92).

From: Dynamic monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid circulating tumor DNA to identify unique genetic profiles of brain metastatic tumors and better predict intracranial tumor responses in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: a prospective cohort study (GASTO 1028)

Characteristics

No. of patients (%)

Age, median (range)

57 (28–74)

Sex

 Male

59 (64.1)

 Female

33 (35.9)

Histological type

 Adenocarcinoma

78 (84.8)

 Non-adenocarcinoma

14 (15.2)

Smoking status

 Smokers

41 (44.6)

 Non-smokers

51 (55.4)

ECOG PS

 0–1

63 (68.5)

 ≥ 2

29 (31.5)

CNS symptoms

 Yes

49 (53.3)

 No

43 (46.7)

Brain tumor number

 1–3

31 (33.7)

 ≥ 4

61 (66.3)

Maximum brain tumor size (mm)

 Median (range)

19.0 (5.0-47.4)

Thoracic stage a

 I–II

12 (13.0)

 IIIA

29 (31.5)

 IIIB

40 (43.5)

 IIIC

11 (12.0)

Distant metastases

 Liver

11 (12.0)

 Bone

45 (48.9)

 Adrenal gland

19 (20.7)

Gene mutation

 EGFR mutation

44 (47.8)

 ALK rearrangement

3 (3.3)

 EGFR/ALK wild-type

45(48.9)

Lung-molGPA b

 0–1

8 (8.7)

 1.5–2

23 (25.0)

 2.5–3

44 (47.8)

 3.5–4.5

17 (18.5)

First-line treatment

 Chemotherapy

35 (38.0)

 Immunotherapy

10 (10.9)

 Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs)

47 (51.1)

With tumor tissues

58 (63.0)

Primary lung tumors

38 (41.3)

Lymph nodes

20 (21.7)

Without tumor tissues

34 (37.0)

  1. Abbreviations: ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; CNS, central nervous system; TKIs, tyrosine kinase inhibitors
  2. aThoracic stage was calculated according to 8th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system
  3. bAn update of the diagnosis-specific Graded Prognostic Assessment (DS-GPA) using molecular markers