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. 2012 Sep 7;7(9):e44225. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044225

Table 1. Clinical and Pathological Features of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cancer Patients.

Variable TMCohort HMCohort MGHCohort DukeCohort ACCCohort
(Exploration cohort) (Validation cohort 1) (Validation cohort 2) (Validation cohort 3) (Validation cohort 4)
Number of patients 186 256 125 58 117
Men 83 (44.6%) 140 (54.7%) 53 (42.4%) 27 (46.6%) 60 (51.3%)
Women 103 (55.4%) 116 (45.3%) 72 (57.6%) 31 (53.4%) 57 (48.7%)
Age (years) Median 64 66 64 67 61
Range 35–82 33–87 33–88 43–83 31–84
Disease stage I 119 (64.0%) 158 (61.7%) 76 (60.8%) 34 (58.6%) 79 (67.5%)
II 46 (24.7%) 49 (19.2%) 24 (19.2%) 7 (12.1%) 13 (11.1%)
III 21 (11.3%) 47 (18.4%) 10 (8.0%) 14 (24.1%) 25 (21.4%)
IV 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 15 (12.0%) 3 (5.2%) 0 (0%)
NA 2 (0.7%)
Adjuvant chemotherapy
Yes 56 (30.1%) 33 (12.9%) 0 0 0
No 96 (51.6%) 137 (53.5%) 0 0 117 (100%)
NA 34 (18.3%) 86 (33.6%) 125 (100%) 58 (100%) 0
Number of deaths 74 162 71 32 49

Abbreviations: TM, Toronto and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; HM, H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center and University of Michigan; MGH, Massachusetts General Hospital; ACC, Aichi Cancer Center; NA, Not available.