Table I.
Characteristics | Patient no. (%) (n=53) |
---|---|
Age, years | |
Median | 67 |
Range | 47–77 |
Gender | |
Male | 43 (81.0) |
Female | 10 (19.0) |
Smoking status | |
Never | 7 (13.0) |
Former/current | 46 (87.0) |
Histology | |
Adenocarcinoma | 40 (75.0) |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 9 (17.0) |
NOS | 4 (8.0) |
No. of prior chemotherapies | |
1 | 26 (49.0) |
2 | 27 (51.0) |
Stage | |
IIIB | 2 (4.0) |
IV | |
M1a | 16 (30.0) |
M1b | 35 (66.0) |
ECOG PS | |
0 | 23 (43.4) |
1 | 24 (45.3) |
2 | 6 (11.3) |
NOS, not otherwise specified; ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status.