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. 2016 Apr 21;6:24786. doi: 10.1038/srep24786

Table 3. Basic clinicopathologic data of tissue samples from patients with NSCLC.

Parameter No. of tissue samples (%)
Age-yr  
 Median 61
 Range 31–84
Sex  
 Male 434 (74.4)
 Female 149 (25.6)
Tumor type  
 SCC 303 (52.0)
 ADC 280 (48.0)
Tumor stagea  
 0 1 (0.2)
 I 187 (32.1)
 II 222 (38.0)
 III+IV 173 (29.7)
T status  
 Tis 1 (0.2)
 T1 73 (12.5)
 T2 373 (64.0)
 T3 96 (16.4)
 T4 40 (6.9)
N status  
 N0 304 (52.1)
 N1-3 279 (47.9)
M status  
 M0 572 (98.1)
 M1 11 (1.9)
Tumor differentiationb  
 Well 30 (5.2)
 Moderate 270 (46.3)
 Poorly 283 (48.5)
Gross pathology  
 Central-type 314 (53.9)
 Peripheral-type 269 (46.1)
Smoking status  
 Nonsmoker 179 (30.7)
 Current or former smoker 398 (68.3)
 Unknown 6 (1.0)

aTumor stage was classified according to the 7th edition of the International Union against Cancer (UICC) Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM) classification of malignant tumors.

bTumor differentiation was based on the criteria of the 2004 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors.