Table 3. . Cancer type and staging of patients.
| Cancer† | Patients (n) | Stage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| II | III | IV | ||
| Lung | 56 | 1 | 15 | 12 |
| GI | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Breast | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| Prostate | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oral/naso | 11 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Other | 11 | – | 2 | – |
| Total | 99 | 4 | 18 | 15 |
†Lung cancer includes all patients with nonsmall cell, adenocarcinoma, squamous, small cell and mesothelioma. GI cancer is all patients with colon, rectal, cecal, eosophagus and pancreatic cancers. For others, cancer type includes angiosarcoma met, brain met, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, myosarcoma met, follicular lymphoma, parotid gland, B-cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma and lymphoma. Staging information was not available for all samples.