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Table 4 Patient characteristics of the ICB cohort

From: Prognostic and predictive value of PD-L2 DNA methylation and mRNA expression in melanoma

Characteristics

Number N

(%)

All patients

129

100

Age in years, (range)

67.11, (28−92)

 

Gender

  

 Female

50

38.8

 Male

79

61.2

Site of melanoma metastases

  

 Cutaneous metastases

62

48.1

 Lymph node metastases

37

28.7

 Lung metastases

13

10.1

 Brain metastases

11

8.5

 Abdominal metastases

6

4.7

BRAF mutation status

  

BRAF wild type

84

65.1

BRAF mutated

42

32.6

 Unknown

3

2.3

Response to anti-PD-1 blockade

  

 Progressive disease (PD)

58

45.0

 Partial response (PR)

39

30.2

 Stable disease (SD)

8

6.2

 Complete response (CR)

22

17.0

 Unknown

2

1.6

Therapeutic regimen

  

 Anti-PD-1 monotherapy

68

52.7

 Ipilimumab, anti-PD-1 monotherapy

12

9.3

 Ipilimumab + nivolumab

17

13.2

 Ipilimumab, ipilimumab + nivolumab

2

1.5

 Anti-PD-1 monotherapy, ipilimumab + nivolumab

30

23.3

Medical center

  

 University Hospital Bonn—dermatology

104

80.6

 University Hospital Bonn—oncology

5

3.9

 University Hospital Bonn—neurosurgery/-oncology

4

3.1

 Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Spital Grabs, Spital Wil, Spital Flawil

16

12.4

  1. Data include age, gender, site of the melanoma metastases, BRAF mutation status, response to anti-PD-1 blockade, therapeutic regimen, and the treating medical center of N = 129 stage IV melanoma patients receiving immune checkpoint blockade