| Characteristic |
Matched NSCLCa/TFSLTb(n=114) |
NSCLC only(n=36 ) |
TFSLT only(n=28 ) |
| Age-yrMedian (range) |
70 (32-88) |
71 (37-86) |
67.5 (28-83) |
| Sex-no. (%) |
| Male |
68 (59.6) |
16 (44.4) |
15 (53.6) |
| Female |
46 (40.4) |
20 (55.6) |
13 (46.4) |
| Stage-no. (%) |
| I/II |
85 (74.6) |
22 (61.1) |
23 (82.1) |
| III/IV |
29 (25.4) |
14 (38.9) |
5 (17.9) |
| Histologic characteristics-no. (%) |
| Adenocarcinoma |
35 (30.7) |
17 (47.2) |
14 (50.0) |
| Squamous-cell |
24 (21.1) |
10 (27.8) |
7 (25.0) |
| Large-cell |
55 (48.2) |
9 (25.0) |
7 (25.0) |
| Tumor size-no. (%) |
| <3 cm |
53 (46.5) |
18 (50.0) |
17 (60.7) |
| ≥ 3 cm |
61 (53.5) |
18 (50.0) |
11 (39.3) |
| Smoking status-no. (%) |
| Never |
7 (6.1) |
2 (5.6) |
4 (14.3) |
| Light (< 20 pkyc) |
13 (11.4) |
2 (5.6) |
2 (7.1) |
| Heavy (≥ 20 pky) |
92 (80.7) |
32 (88.9) |
22 (78.6) |
| Unknown |
2 (1.8) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
|
| anon-small cell lung cancer; btumor free surrounding lung tissue; cpack-year (a
pack of cigarettes a day for a year), a unit for measuring the amount a person has
smoked over a long period of time. |
| Table 1: Clinic characteristics of subjects. |
