Table 2 Association of demographics and clinicopathological characteristics with BRAF mutation status in Cohort B.

From: Tumor immune microenvironment and immunotherapy efficacy in BRAF mutation non-small-cell lung cancer

Characteristics

Wild type (n = 358)

BRAF mutation (n = 59)

P

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age (yrs.)

  

0.31

≤65

237 (66.2)

43 (72.9)

 

>65

121 (33.8)

16 (27.1)

 

Gender

  

0.36

Female

89 (24.9)

18 (30.5)

 

Male

269 (75.1)

41 (69.5)

 

Smoking status

  

0.33

Never smoker

128 (35.8)

25 (42.4)

 

Former/current smoker

230 (64.2)

34 (57.6)

 

Stagea

  

0.33

III

19 (5.3)

5 (8.5)

 

IV

339 (94.7)

54 (91.5)

 

ECOG PS

  

0.25

0–1

331 (92.5)

57 (96.6)

 

2

27 (7.5)

2 (3.4)

 

Pathological type

  

0.16

Adenocarcinoma

315 (88.0)

48 (81.4)

 

Other types

43 (12.0)

11 (18.6)

 

Treatment lines

  

0.01

First line

179 (50.0)

40 (67.8)

 

Second/later line

179 (50.0)

19 (33.2)

 

Treatment regimens

  

0.77

Monotherapy

116 (32.4)

18 (30.5)

 

Chemotherapy plus ICIs

201 (56.1)

37 (62.7)

 

Anti-angiogenesis plus ICIs

41 (11.2)

4 (6.8)

 

PD-L1 expression

  

0.92b

Negative

33 (9.2)

9 (15.3)

 

1–49%

46 (12.8)

14 (23.7)

 

≥50%

31 (8.7)

14 (23.7)

 

Unkonow

248 (69.3)

22 (37.3)

 
  1. aUsing the 8th TNM staging classification.
  2. bAnalysis in PD-L1 detected patients.