Table 1.
Clinical and pathological characteristics of the samples from the study population.
| Clinical and Pathological Features | Total |
|---|---|
| Sample number | 68 |
| Control group | 21 |
| Patients with lung cancer | 47 |
| Median age (years) | 72 yrs [IQR: 66–74] |
| Gender | |
| Women | 35 |
| Men | 33 |
| NSCLC cancer subtype | |
| AC | 29 |
| SCC | 15 |
| LCC | 3 |
| NSCLC cancer characteristics (histopathology) | |
| TNM scale | |
| Tumor size | |
| pT1 | 5 |
| pT2 | 14 |
| pT3 | 11 |
| pT4 | 16 |
| Node involvement | |
| N0 | 18 |
| N1 | 7 |
| N2 | 18 |
| N3 | 3 |
| Cancer metastasis | |
| M0 | 33 |
| M1 | 13 |
| AJCC classification | |
| AJCC I | 6 |
| AJCC II | 8 |
| AJCC III | 21 |
| AJCC IV | 12 |