Table 2 CT features and disease spread patterns according to genetic mutation type.

From: CT features and disease spread patterns in ROS1-rearranged lung adenocarcinomas: comparison with those of EGFR-mutant or ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinomas

Features

 

ROS1

EGFR

ALK

P-value

ROS1 vs EGFR

ROS1 vs ALK

Primary tumor

Size (mm)*

 

32 (14–100)

35 (1–100)

40 (15–100)

0.196

0.370

Density

Solid

20 (87)

92 (77)

24 (92)

0.408

0.655

 

Subsolid

3 (13)

28 (23)

2 (8)

  

Location

Central

14 (61)

75 (63)

20 (77)

0.883

0.224

 

Peripheral

9 (39)

45 (37)

6 (23)

  

Border

Smooth

4 (17)

14 (12)

2 (8)

  
 

Lobulated

15 (65)

56 (47)

15 (58)

0.111

0.347

 

Spiculated

4 (17)

50 (42)

9 (34)

  

Air-bronchogram

 

3 (13)

49 (41)

6 (23)

0.011

0.472

Pleural retraction

 

11 (48)

83 (69)

13 (50)

0.048

0.879

Central low-attenuation

7 (30)

38 (32)

10 (38)

0.907

0.556

Calcification

 

1 (4)

20 (17)

5 (19)

0.198

0.194

Lymph node metastases

 

21 (91)

96 (80)

21 (81)

  

N0

2 (9)

24 (20)

5 (19)

  
 

N1

1 (4)

5 (4)

1 (4)

0.047

0.803

 

N2

4 (17)

22 (18)

3 (12)

  
 

N3

16 (70)

69 (58)

17 (65)

  

Distant metastases

Lung metastasis

Miliary

0

10 (8)

0

  
 

Scattered

5 (22)

36 (30)

9 (35)

0.145

0.895

 

Lymphangitic

5 (22)

14 (12)

4 (15)

  
 

Aerogeneous

1 (4)

1 (1)

1 (4)

  

Pleural

 

14 (61)

55 (46)

16 (62)

0.186

0.962

Pericardial

 

7 (30)

2 (2)

2 (8)

 < 0.001

0.060

Pleural effusion

 

12 (52)

34 (28)

10 (29)

0.025

0.336

Extrathoracic

Liver

4 (17)

18 (15)

6 (23)

0.756

0.730

 

Adrenal

3 (13)

15 (13)

5 (19)

1.000

0.707

 

Brain

3 (13)

47 (39)

7 (27)

0.017

0.299

 

Lymph nodes

4 (17)

4 (3)

5 (19)

0.023

1.000

 

Bone

7 (30)

50 (42)

13 (50)

0.360

0.245

  1. Unless otherwise indicated, data are presented as number of patients with the percentage in parentheses.
  2. *Data are presented as the median with the range in parentheses.