Table 1 Description of clinical features of patients with adenocarcinoma (AC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), without prior treatment.

Patient no	Description (age, sex)	Location	Diagnosis	Packyears
1	70 years, M	LUL	AC, T1N1M0	55
			Moderately differentiated
2	68 years, F	RLL	AC, T2N1M0	53
			Moderately differentiated
3	71 years, M	RUL	AC, T2N2M0	51
			Poorly differentiated
4	74 years, F	RUL	AC, T2N0M0	56
			Poorly differentiated
5	75 years, M	LUL	SCC, T1N0M0	62
			Moderately differentiated
6	72 years, M	LL	SCC, T2N1M0	52
			Poorly differentiated
7	66 years, M	LUL	SCC, T3N0M0	50
			Well differentiated
8	73 years, M	LUL	SCC, T2N1M0	49
			Poorly differentiated

F, female; LL, left lung; LUL, left upper lobe; M, male; RLL, right lower lobe; RUL, right upper lobe.

Tumour–node–metastasis staging according to Mountain et al.¹²