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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Analysis of the relation between adverse events and overall survival in patients treated with pembrolizumab as a first-line treatment for metastatic NSCLC

Patients, n

98

Sex, n (%)

Male, 63 (64.3); Female, 35 (35.7)

Age, median (range)

73 (44-89)

Metastasis, n (%)

Adrenal

19 (19.4)

Bone

26 (26.5)

Brain

10 (10.2)

Lymph nodes

37 (37.8)

Lung

45 (45.9)

Weight, mean (SD)

70.06 (13.37)

PD-L1 TPS percentage, n (%)

Less than 75%

46 (46.9%)

Greater or equal to 75%

52 (53.1%)

ECOG-PS at first cycle (%)

0

25 (25.5)

1

64 (65.3)

2

9 (9.2)

Follow-up, median in months

13

Duration of treatment, median in cycles

8.5

Overall toxicity (%)

76 (77.5)

Cutaneous toxicity (%)

29 (30.1)

Gastrointestinal toxicity (%)

27 (27.5)

Endocrinological toxicity (%)

20 (20.4)

Other toxicity (%)

67 (68.4)

  1. n Number, SD Standard deviation, PD-L1 Programmed death ligand 1, TPS tumor proportion score, ECOG-PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status