TABLE I.
Characteristics of patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer, 2009–2013, at time of oncology assessment
| Characteristic | Patient group | p Value | ||
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| Overall | By treatment intent | |||
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| Palliative | Radical | |||
| Patients (n) | 237 | 130 | 107 | |
| Median age (years) | 68 | 72 | 64 | 0.001 |
| Sex [n (%)] | 0.06 | |||
| Women | 119 (50) | 70 (54) | 49 (46) | |
| Men | 118 (50) | 60 (46) | 58 (54) | |
| Smoking status (n) | 1.0 | |||
| Never | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Former | 111 | 61 | 50 | |
| Current | 116 | 62 | 54 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Performance status (n) | 0.006 | |||
| 0–1 | 157 | 65 | 92 | |
| 2 | 42 | 33 | 9 | |
| 3–4 | 27 | 27 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| Weight loss (n) | 0.18 | |||
| <5% | 132 | 52 | 80 | |
| 5%–10% | 35 | 24 | 11 | |
| >10% | 59 | 45 | 14 | |
| Tumour histology (n) | 0.001 | |||
| Squamous | 103 | 72 | 31 | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 60 | 25 | 35 | |
| Not otherwise specified | 74 | 33 | 41 | |
| T Stage (n) | 0.001 | |||
| Tx | 11 | 10 | 1 | |
| T1,T2 | 66 | 25 | 41 | |
| T3 | 54 | 25 | 29 | |
| T4 | 106 | 70 | 36 | |
| N Stage (n) | 0.12 | |||
| Nx | 18 | 15 | 3 | |
| N0 | 26 | 13 | 13 | |
| N1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | |
| N2 | 149 | 75 | 74 | |
| N3 | 27 | 17 | 10 | |