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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Barriers to mutational testing in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) – a survey of life raft group members

 

Had Mutation Test?

 
 

Yes

No

P valuea

All Patients

237 (80.3%)

58 (19.7%)

 

Gender

 Female

143 (79.9%)

36 (20.1%)

0.81

 Male

94 (81.0%)

22 (19.0%)

Age distribution

 < 18

2 (100%)

0

0.74

 19 to 30

4 (66.7%)

2 (33.3%)

 31 to 45

34 (87.2%)

5 (12.8%)

 46–59

66 (79.5%)

17 (20.5%)

 60 to 74

103 (78.6%)

28 (21.4%)

 75+

28 (82.4%)

6 (17.6%)

 Unknown

Country of Residence

 North America

183 (78.9%)

49 (21.1%)

0.14

 Europe

25 (96.2%)

1 (3.8%)

 South America

14 (77.8%)

4 (22.2%)

 Asia

10 (90.9%)

1 (9.1%)

 Australia/New Zealand

5 (62.5%)

3 (37.5%)

Year of Diagnosis

 < 2000

2 (100%)

0

0.35

 2000–2004

26 (81.2%)

6 (18.8%)

 2005–2009

26 (68.4%)

12 (31.6%)

 2010–2014

68 (81.0%)

16 (19%)

 2015–2020

115 (80.3%)

24 (17.3%)

Stage at Diagnosis

 Single tumor

160 (80.4%)

39 (19.6%)

0.10

 Multifocal tumor

20 (87.0%)

3 (13.0%)

 Metastatic

57 (78.1%)

16 (21.9%)

  1. a Pearson’s Chi-squared test comparison of respondents having mutational test versus those without a mutational test