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Table 1 Characteristics of cancer patients treated with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors

From: Predictive biomarkers for immune-related adverse events in cancer patients treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors

Patient characteristics

Patients treated with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy (n = 418), n (%)

Gender

 

Male

298(71.3)

Female

120(28.7)

Age at initiation of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy (years)

 

Median

64.1

Range

21–87

Tumor type

 

Lung cancer

131(31.3)

Head and neck cancer

57(13.6)

Esophageal carcinoma

51(12.2)

Gastric carcinoma

51(12.2)

Urothelial carcinoma

28(6.7)

Colorectal cancer

23(5.5)

Reproductive system cancer

19(4.5)

Liver cancer

17(4.1)

Gallbladder carcinoma and bile duct carcinoma

13(3.1)

melanoma

8(1.9)

Others

20(4.8)

TNM clinical classification

 

III

108(25.8)

IV

280(67.0)

Unknown

30(7.2)

BMI

 

18.5–24.9

296(70.8)

25-29.9

122(29.2)

ECOG score standard

 

0

94(22.5)

1

290(69.4)

2

26(6.2)

3

8(1.9)

Treatment

 

Immunotherapy

50(12.0)

Immunotherapy + chemotherapy

282(67.5)

Immunotherapy + targeted therapy

54(12.9)

Immunotherapy + chemotherapy + targeted therapy

32(7.6)

Baseline CTC

 

Median

14.8

Range

1.8–86.5

The occurrence of irAEs

 

irAEs

176(42.1)

No-irAEs

242(57.9)