Research Article
Mutated KRAS Is an Independent Negative Prognostic Factor for Survival in NSCLC Stage III Disease Treated with High-Dose Radiotherapy
Table 5
Multivariate Cox regression. In the multivariate Cox regression no other covariate than mutated KRAS significantly improved the model.
| Model number | Covariates | Number of patients | Hazard ratio (HR) | | 95% confidence interval |
| | Kras | | | | | | Not mutated | 45 | 1.00 | | | (1) | Mutated | 19 | 2.32 | 0.010 | 1.21–4.13 | Stage | | | | | | IIIa | 16 | 1.00 | | | | IIIb | 48 | 1.60 | 0.21 | 0.76–3.34 |
| | Kras | | | | | | Not mutated | 47 | 1.00 | | | (2) | Mutated | 19 | 2.32 | 0.005 | 1.30–4.44 | PS | | | | | | 0 | 34 | 1.00 | | | | 1 | 32 | 1.42 | 0.23 | 0.80–2.51 |
| | Kras | | | | | | Not mutated | 47 | 1.00 | | | (3) | Mutated | 19 | 2.32 | 0.005 | 1.30–4.44 | | Weight loss | | | | | | Continues (kg) | 66 | 1.05 | 0.30 | 0.95–1.15 |
| | Kras | | | | | | Not mutated | 47 | 1.00 | | | (4) | Mutated | 19 | 2.28 | 0.008 | 1.24–4.20 | Sex | | | | | | Males | 38 | | | | | Females | 31 | 0.63 | 0.132 | 0.35–1.15 |
| | Kras | | | | | | Not mutated | 47 | 1.00 | | | (5) | Mutated | 19 | 2.28 | 0.007 | 1.27–4.27 | | Age | | | | | | Continues (year) | 66 | 0.99 | 0.524 | 0.95–1.03 |
| | Kras | | | | | | Not mutated | 47 | 1.00 | | | (6) | Mutated | 19 | 2.32 | 0.007 | 1.26–4.26 | Study | | | | | | RAKET | 32 | 1.00 | 0.77 | 0.52–1.63 | | Satellite | 34 | 0.92 | | |
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