Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients

BNLCC-Lung cancer		96
M/F		37/59
Mean age year (range)		64 (41~88)
NSCLC		93
	Adenocarcinoma	54
	Squamous carcinoma	21
	Other NSCLC	18
SCLC		3
Stage
	I	44
	II	18
	III+IV	4
Blooddraw before resection		96
Blooddraw after resection		0
BNLCC-benign SPN		29
M/F		15/14
Mean age year (range)		56 (31~81)
Blooddraw before resection		29
Blooddraw after resection		0
GELCC-Lung cancer		44
M/F		18/26
Mean age year (range)		61 (47~70)
Healthy donor		20
Mean age year (range)		49 (24~65)