Table I.

Characteristics of non-small cell lung cancer patient samples for laser capture microdissection (38, 39)

M, male; F, female; W, white; B, black.

Sample number	Age	Sex	Race	Smoking statusa	Stage	EGFR tyrosine kinase domain mutation
	yr
1186	73	M	W	NS	II	Point mutation exon 21 L858R
1498	67	F	W	FS	I	WT
1604	58	F	W	CS	I	WT
1712	74	M	W	CS	I	WT
1747	60	M	B	CS	I	WT
6	69	M	W	NS	II	Deletion exon 19 ∼ 15 bp
10198	62	F	W	NS	III	Point mutation exon 21 L858R
10372	62	M	W	CS	I	WT
10403	55	F	B	CS	I	WT
10419	72	F	W	FS	I	Point mutation exon 20 H773L/V774M
10622	57	M	B	CS	I	WT
11005	77	F	W	FS	I	WT
11669	67	F	W	FS	I	WT
11184	53	F	W	FS	I	WT
11191	47	M	W	CS	I	WT
11541	70	M	B	CS	I	WT
11671	53	M	W	CS	I	WT
11777	72	F	W	CS	I	WT
11807	73	F	B	FS	I	WT
11823	67	M	W	CS	I	WT
12120	74	M	W	CS	I	WT
15479	72	F	W	NS	I	Point mutation exon 21 L858R
146	71	M	W	FS	III	Point mutation exon 21 L858R
1064	71	F	W	NS	I	Deletion exon 19 ∼ 15 bp
1119	74	F	W	NS	III	Point mutation exon 21 L858R

^aNS, non-smoker; FS, former smoker; CS, current smoker.