Table 1.
Clinical features of the 7 patients with Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma.
| No. | Sex | Age | Smoking status | Source of diagnostic material | Tumor Location | Pleural invasion | Subtypes | Lymph node involvement | Tumor Size | Stage | Survival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 57 | N | S | RLL | Yes | Variant 2 | Yes | 4.5 cm | IIIa | N |
| 2 | F | 64 | N | S | LLL | No | Variant 2 | No | 3 cm | Ib | N |
| 3 | M | 60 | Y | B | RUL | NK | Variant 2 | NK | 5.5 cm | IV | N |
| 4 | F | 38 | N | B | RLL | NK | Variant 2 | NK | 7 cm | IV | N |
| 5 | M | 65 | N | S | RML | No | Variant 1 | No | 3 cm | Ib | Y |
| 6 | M | 73 | N | S | RLL | Yes | Variant 1 | No | 12 cm | IIb | Y |
| 7 | M | 56 | Y | S | RUL | Yes | Variant 2 | No | 13 cm | IIIa | Y |
M: male, F: female, NK: not known, RUL: right upper lobe, LUL: left upper lobe, RLL: right lower lobe, RML: right middle lobe, L: left; B: biopsy; S: surgical resection.