Table 1.
Clinicopathological characteristics of the 21 NSCLC patients (ID # M1-M27)
| A/A | SEX | AGE | TUMOR TYPE | DIFFERE-NTIATION | HISTIOCYTES | PLEURAL INVASION | LNs | TNM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | M | 66 | Adeno | Low | FEW | NO | NO | T2aN0M0 |
| M2 | M | 57 | Adeno/Bronch | Medium | YES | NO | NO | T3N0M0 |
| M7 | M | 54 | SqCC | Medium | YES | NO | 1+ | T1bN1M0 |
| M9 | M | 63 | SqCC | Medium | FEW | YES * | 1+ | T1bN1M0 |
| M10 | M | 57 | SqCC | Medium/Low | FEW | YES * | NO | T2bN0M0 |
| M12 | M | 65 | LCC | Low | FEW | NO | YES | T3N2M0 |
| M13 | M | 67 | SqCC | Medium/Low | YES | NO | NO | T1bN0M0 |
| M14 | M | 69 | LCC | Low | FEW | YES * | NO | T2bN0M0 |
| M15 | F | 55 | Adeno/SqCC | Low | FEW | YES * | YES | T2aN1M0 |
| M16 | F | 76 | Adeno | Medium | FEW | YES * | YES | T3N1M0 |
| M17 | M | 60 | Adeno | Medium | FEW | NO | NO | T3N0M0 |
| M18 | M | 75 | LCC/Adeno | Low | NO | NO | 1+ | T2aN1M0 |
| M19 | F | 55 | SqCC | Medium/Low | NO | YES pleural nodules/bone invasion | 1+ | T4N1M1b |
| M20 | M | 74 | Adeno/SqCC | Low | NO | NO | NO | T2aN0M0 |
| M21 | M | 70 | Adeno | Low | NO | YES * | NO | T1bN0M0 |
| M22 | M | 71 | Adeno | Low | YES | NO | 1+ | T2aN3M0 |
| M23 | M | 78 | SqCC | Low | YES | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| M24 | M | 72 | SqCC | Medium | NO | YES * | YES | T2aN2M0 |
| M25 | M | 60 | Adeno | Low | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| M26 | M | 62 | SqCC | Low | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| M27 | M | 58 | SqCC | Low | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
SqCC: Squamous cell carcinoma; Adeno: Adenocarcinoma; LCC: Large cell carcinoma; Bronch: Bronchioalveolar; LNs: Lymph nodes; TNM: Tumour-to-node metastasis (7th TNM classification version); M0: absence of metastasis. *pleural invasion with no pleural penetration/no pleural nodules.