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 %) |