Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Association between the exposure to anti-angiogenic agents and tumour immune microenvironment in advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours

Variables

TKI-naive group (n = 20)

IM-PD group (n = 30)

IM-PD/SU-treated group (n = 31)

Age, years (range)

54 (32–74)

60 (32–76)

50 (31–70)

Sex

 Male

15 (75.0%)

18 (60.0%)

19 (61.3%)

 Female

5 (25.0%)

12 (40.0%)

12 (38.7%)

Primary tumour site

 Stomach

9 (45.0%)

14 (46.7%)

6 (19.4%)

 Small bowel

11 (55.0%)

16 (53.3%)

24 (77.4%)

 Others

0

0

1 (3.2%)

Primary mutations

 KIT exon 11

13 (65.0%)

20 (66.7%)

23 (76.7%)

 KIT exon 9

4 (20.0%)

4 (13.3%)

4 (13.3%)

 PDGFRA exon 18

0

2 (6.7%)

0

 Wild type KIT/PDGFRA

2 (10.0%)

2 (6.7%)

0

 Not available

1 (5.0%)

2 (6.7%)

3 (10.0%)

Secondary mutations

 

N = 17

N = 22

 KIT exon 13

 

3 (17.6%)

3 (13.6%)

 KIT exon 14

 

0

1 (4.5%)

 KIT exon 17

 

6 (35.3%)

9 (40.9%)

 KIT exon 18

 

0

1 (4.5%)

  1. TKI tyrosine kinase inhibitor, IM-PD imatinib-progressed and no exposure to sunitinib or regorafenib, IM-PD/SU-treated,  imatinib-progressed and sunitinib and/or regorafenib-treated