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. 2016 Jul 11;9:4207–4213. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S106696

Table S2.

Comparison of baseline characteristics of thoracic surgery cohort and no thoracic surgery cohort

Characteristic Thoracic surgery (n=21) No thoracic surgery (n=55) P-value
Median age, years (range) 50 (41–74) 63 (30–82) 0.018
Sex, n (%)
 Male 15 (71.4%) 37 (67.3%) 0.449
 Female 6 (28.6%) 18 (32.7%)
Smoking status, n (%)
 Smoker 13 (61.9%) 34 (61.8%) 0.994
 Never-smoker 8 (38.1%) 21 (38.2%)
Histology, n (%)
 Adeno 17 (81.0%) 40 (72.7%) 0.058
 SCC 1 (4.8%) 8 (14.5%)
 Others 3 (14.3%) 7 (12.7%)
Stage, n (%)
 IA 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.120
 IB 1 (4.8%) 0 (0.0%)
 IIA 6 (28.6%) 9 (16.4%)
 IIB 4 (19.0%) 7 (12.7%)
 IIIA 10 (47.6%) 39 (70.9%)
Number of brain metastasis, n (%)
 1 16 (76.2%) 32 (58.2%) 0.081
 2 5 (23.8%) 14 (25.5%)
 3 0 (0.0%) 9 (16.4%)
Size of largest lesion, mm (range) 15 (7–42) 19 (7–60) 0.012
Brain therapy, n (%)
 Surgery + WBRT 10 (47.6%) 11 (20.0%) 0.121
 Surgery only 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.8%)
 SRS + WBRT 0 (0.0%) 4 (7.3%)
 SRS only 11 (52.4%) 39 (70.9%)

Abbreviations: SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; WBRT, whole-brain radiation therapy; SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery.