Table 1.

Demographics, tumour details information and duration of patient delay(n = 30)

Patients ID	Gender	Age(years)	Living area	Education level	Occupation	Primary symptom	Type of lung cancer	Stage of disease	Duration of patient delay (days)	Ethnicity	Marital status
P1	female	62	town	Primary school	Street cleaner	Cough	Squamous cell carcinoma	IIIa	150	Han	Married
P2	female	53	town	junior high school	worker	Cough	Adenocarcinoma	IIIb	92	Zhuang	Married
P3	male	72	rural	Primary school	farmer	Expectoration	Adenocarcinoma	IV	120	Zhuang	Widowed
P4	female	49	rural	junior high school	farmer	fatigue	Adenocarcinoma	IV	100	Han	Married
P5	female	36	town	undergraduate	teacher	chest tightness	Adenocarcinoma	IIIa	160	Han	Single
P6	male	66	town	undergraduate	retirement	Cough	Squamous cell carcinoma	IV	110	Zhuang	Married
P7	female	32	town	undergraduate	worker	Chest pain	Small cell carcinoma	Extensive stage	90	Han	Married
P8	male	60	rural	junior high school	self-employed	Cough	Squamous cell carcinoma	IIIb	125	Han	Married
P9	male	65	rural	Primary school	farmer	hoarse voice	Squamous cell carcinoma	IV	130	Han	Divorced
P10	male	43	town	senior middle school	worker	Cough and expectoration	Adenocarcinoma	IIIb	105	Han	Single
P11	female	78	town	junior high school	unemployed	Cough and expectoration	Adenocarcinoma	IV	135	Han	Widowed
P12	female	58	rural	senior middle school	unemployed	Cough and expectoration	Adenocarcinoma	IIIa	120	Han	Married
P13	male	62	rural	Primary school	farmer	fatigue	Adenocarcinoma	IIIb	98	Zhuang	Widowed
P14	female	46	rural	junior high school	worker	chest tightness	Small cell carcinoma	Extensive stage	110	Yao	Married
P15	female	60	rural	Primary school	farmer	Cough and expectoration	Adenocarcinoma	IIIa	105	Han	Married
P16	female	41	rural	junior high school	unemployed	Cough	Adenocarcinoma	IV	91	Zhuang	Married
P17	male	62	town	junior high school	self-employed	hoarse voice	Adenocarcinoma	IV	120	Han	Married
P18	male	57	rural	Primary school	farmer	fatigue	Adenocarcinoma	IIIa	213	Han	Married
P19	female	72	rural	Primary school	farmer	chest tightness	Adenocarcinoma	IV	125	Han	Widowed
P20	male	48	rural	junior high school	worker	Cough	Squamous cell carcinoma	IIIa	90	Zhuang	Married
P21	female	56	town	Primary school	babysitter	chest tightness	Adenocarcinoma	IV	90	Han	Married
P22	male	50	rural	junior high school	farmer	Cough	Adenocarcinoma	IIIb	95	Zhuang	Married
P23	female	69	rural	Primary school	farmer	Cough	Adenocarcinoma	IIIb	90	Han	Widowed
P24	female	63	rural	junior high school	farmer	chest pain	Adenocarcinoma	IV	136	Yao	Married
P25	male	45	town	undergraduate	clerk	Cough	Small cell carcinoma	Extensive stage	100	Zhuang	Married
P26	female	33	rural	Primary school	farmer	Cough	Adenocarcinoma	IIIa	120	Han	Single
P27	male	60	rural	junior high school	farmer	fatigue	Squamous cell carcinoma	IV	100	Zhuang	Widowed
P28	male	52	rural	junior high school	self-employed	Cough	Adenocarcinoma	IV	110	Han	Married
P29	male	64	rural	Primary school	farmer	Cough	Adenocarcinoma	IV	92	Zhuang	Widowed
P30	male	60	rural	junior high school	farmer	Cough	Adenocarcinoma	IIIb	105	Han	Married

a.If extensive stage is established, further staging evaluation is optional