Retrospective analysis of clinical characteristics of mCRC patients receiving three or more lines of chemotherapy.

2019 
682Background: Prognostic and predictive factors are becoming more important in mCRC patients, and may have an impact in overall survival and in the number of lines of chemotherapy that a patient can receive. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 334 patients with mCRC. We analyzed the clinical characteristics of 113 (33.8%) mCRC patients who received ≥3 lines of chemotherapy. We apply the statistical test Chi square in order to identify significant association. Results: Several characteristics were significantly associated with receiving ≥ 3 lines of chemotherapy (n = 113): age < 80 years (n = 93, OR = 3.07, p = 0.001), ECOG 0-1 (n = 98, OR = 3.21, p = 0.055), primary tumor resection (n = 62, OR = 2.36, p = 0.000) and resection of metastases (n = 56, OR = 2.07, p = 0.002). Partial or complete response rate in the first line of chemotherapy was also significantly associated with receiving ≥ 3 lines of treatment (n = 65, p = 0.011). Tumor mutational status was analyzed in 333 patients: KRAS mut...
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