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. 2015 Jan 31;4(1):55–63. doi: 10.1007/s13566-014-0177-0

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and demographics

Variable Number
Gender: n = 723 patients
 Male 349 (48 %)
 Female 374 (52 %)
Median age in years (range) 76 (41–95)
Median weight in lbs (range) 160 (60–330)
Median Karnofsky performance score (range) 80 (40–100)
Median VAS Pain Score (range) 0 (0–9)
Current or previous smoker 630 (87 %)
Median smoker pack/years (range) 50 (1–545)
Race/ethnicity
 Caucasian 634 (88 %)
 Black/African American 42 (6 %)
 Hispanic 5 (0.7 %)
 Other 2 (0.3 %)
 Unknown 39 (5 %)
Medically inoperable 374 (52 %)
Surgically inoperable 111 (15 %)
Prior Treatment(s): n = 741 lesions
 None 622 (84 %)
 Chemotherapy 69 (9 %)
 Surgery 17 (2 %)
 External beam radiation 9 (1 %)
 Radiosurgery 3 (0.4 %)
 Radiofrequency ablation 3 (0.4 %)