Table 1 Description of the sample.

From: Polymorphisms in the BER and NER pathways and their influence on survival and toxicity in never-smokers with lung cancer

Variable

Frequency (%)

Sex

Men

76 (21.3)

Women

280 (78.7)

Age at diagnosis (mean; median (P25–P75))

Overall

68; 70 (60–78)

Men

67.4; 67.5 (59.8–79.3)

Women

68.2; 71 (60–78)

Residential radon concentration (mean; median (P25–P75))

256.5; 178 (109–330.5)

Histologic type

Adenocarcinoma

295 (82.9)

Squamous

34 (9.6)

Large cell

8 (2.2)

Other

19 (5.3)

Diagnostic stage

I

42 (12.1)

II

23 (6.6)

III

58 (16.7)

IV

225 (64.6)

Environmental tobacco smoke exposure

153 (43.3)

Mutation data

EGFR

130 (35.2)

ALK

21 (5.7)

ROS1

1 (0.3)

Treatments

Chemotherapy

85 (24.7)

Radiotherapy

37 (10.8)

Chemo-radiotherapy

94 (27.3)

Others

128 (37.2)

GSTM1

Salvage gene/heterozygous

86 (48.3)

Homozygous

92 (51.7)

GSTT1

Salvage gene/heterozygous

128 (74.4)

Homozygous

44 (25.6)

XRCC1 rs25487

GG

155 (47)

AG

132 (40)

AA

43 (13)

ERCC1 rs11615

CC

55 (16.7)

CT

163 (49.4)

TT

112 (33.9)

ERCC1 rs3212986

GG

177 (53.6)

GT

131 (39.7)

TT

22 (6.7)

ERCC2 rs13181

TT

140 (42.4)

GT

154 (46.7)

GG

36 (10.9)

XRCC3 rs861539

CC

120 (36.4)

TC

168 (50.9)

TT

42 (12.7)

OGG1 rs1052133

CC

204 (61.8)

CG

109 (33)

GG

17 (5.2)

Alpha-1-antytripsin

MM

235 (71.6)

MS

72 (22)

MZ

11 (3.4)

SZ

3 (0.9)

SS

7 (2.1)

Type of toxicitya

Anti-EGFR toxicoderma

48 (13)

Neutropenia

19 (5.1)

Hepatotoxicity

3 (0.8)

Diarrhea

9 (2.4)

Nausea/vomiting

20 (5.4)

  1. aTypes of toxicity with a frequency higher than 2%. Hepatotoxicity was present in 0.8% of cases.