Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and histopathological characteristics of the 416 donors of the lung tissues used in the tissue microarray studies
| Characteristics | Patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| n | (%) | ||
| Age | ≤ 65 years | 326 | 78.4 |
| > 65 years | 90 | 21.6 | |
| Sex | Female | 102 | 24.5 |
| Male | 314 | 75.5 | |
| Histology | Normal | 16 | 3.8 |
| Small cell lung carcinomas | 21 | 5.0 | |
| Non-small cell lung carcinomas | |||
| Squamous cell carcinomas | 204 | 49.0 | |
| Adenocarcinomas | 109 | 26.2 | |
| Papillary adenocarcinoma | 21 | 5.0 | |
| Adenosquamous carcinomas | 21 | 5.0 | |
| Bronchioloalveolar carcinomas | 8 | 1.9 | |
| Large-cell carcinomas | 5 | 1.3 | |
| Others | 11 | 1.2 | |
| Grade | 1 | 25 | 6.0 |
| 2 | 228 | 54.8 | |
| 3 | 58 | 13.9 | |
| Not determined | 89 | 21.4 | |
| Pathological stage | I | 223 | 53.6 |
| II | 77 | 18.5 | |
| IIIa | 38 | 9.1 | |
| IIIb | 48 | 11.5 | |
| IV | 4 | 1.0 | |
| Tumor status | 1 | 17 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 304 | 73.1 | |
| 3 | 30 | 7.2 | |
| 4 | 49 | 11.8 | |
| Nodal status | 0 | 270 | 64.9 |
| 1 | 105 | 25.2 | |
| 2 | 22 | 5.2 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Metastasis | 0 | 396 | 95.2 |
| 1 | 4 | 1.0 | |