Table I.
Characteristics of the lung cancer and normal lung cases.
| A, Characteristics of the lung cancer cases | ||
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| Lung cancer | n | (%) |
| Total number | 32 | |
| Median age (range) | 71 | (50–88) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 30 | (93.7) |
| Female | 2 | (6.3) |
| Pathological stage | ||
| IA | 4 | (12.5) |
| IB | 8 | (25.0) |
| IIA | 4 | (12.5) |
| IIB | 5 | (15.6) |
| IIIA | 8 | (25.0) |
| IIIB | 1 | (3.1) |
| Unknown | 2 | (6.3) |
| Differentiation | ||
| Well | 8 | (25.0) |
| Moderately | 19 | (59.4) |
| Poorly | 3 | (9.4) |
| Unknown | 2 | (6.3) |
| Pleural invasion | ||
| (+) | 15 | (46.9) |
| (−) | 17 | (53.1) |
| Venous invasion | ||
| (+) | 16 | (50.0) |
| ( −) | 16 | (50.0) |
| Lymphatic invasion | ||
| (+) | 16 | (50.0) |
| ( −) | 16 | (50.0) |
| Recurrence | ||
| (+) | 9 | (28.1) |
| ( −) | 20 | (62.5) |
| Unknown | 3 | (9.4) |
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| B, Characteristics of the normal lung cases | ||
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| Normal lung | n | (%) |
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| Total number | 22 | |
| Median age (range) | 71 | (50–88) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 22 | |
| Female | 0 | |