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Table 1 Summary of patient characteristics, including sites of metastatic disease

From: Durable responses and reversible toxicity of high-dose interleukin-2 treatment of melanoma and renal cancer in a Community Hospital Biotherapy Program

 

Melanoma (%) N=314

Renal cell carcinoma (%) N=186

Gender

  

 Male

187 (60)

138 (74)

 Female

127 (40)

48 (26)

Age

  

 Mean (SD)

53.2 (11.9)

57.3 (9.1)

 Range

20 -79

30 – 80

ECOG performance status

  

 0

220 (71)

136 (73)

 1

85 (27)

47 (25)

 2

7 (2)

3 (2)

Sites of metastatic disease

  

 Lymph node

154 (49)

39 (21)

 Lung

181 (58)

137 (74)

 Liver

96 (31)

31 (17)

 Bone

79 (25)

43 (23)

 Brain

47 (15)

14 (7)

 Subcutaneous

69 (22)

1(1)

Number of metastatic sites

  

 1

42 (13)

61 (33)

 2

69 (22)

50 (27)

 3

54 (17)

38 (20)

 4

149 (48)

37 (20)

Prior treatment

  

 Nephrectomy

2 (1)

162 (87)

 Radiation

139 (44)

41 (22)

 Chemotherapy

28 (9)

8 (4)

 Immunotherapy

119 (38)

9 (5)

 VEGF TKI

0 (0)

11 (6)

 Other

71 (23)

24 (13)