Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer
| Variables | Patients (n = 66) | |
|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |
| Age (years) | ||
| Median age | 59 | |
| Range | 37–87 | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 38 | 57.6 |
| Female | 28 | 42.4 |
| Smoking status (per year) | ||
| 0 | 33 | 50.0 |
| < 400 | 4 | 6.1 |
| > 400 | 29 | 43.9 |
| Pathological type | ||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 10 | 15.2 |
| Adenocarcinoma | 45 | 68.2 |
| Small cell carcinoma | 11 | 16.7 |
| Disease stage NSCLC (n = 55) | ||
| I | 5 | 9.1 |
| II | 6 | 10.9 |
| III | 6 | 10.9 |
| IV | 38 | 69.1 |
| SCLC (n = 11) | ||
| LD | 6 | 54.5 |
| ED | 5 | 45.5 |
ED, extensive disease; LD, limited disease; NSCLC, non‐small cell lung cancer; SCLC, small cell lung cancer.