Table 2. Morphometry of nuclear size reported in lung cancer.
| No. of patients | Materials | Morphology | No. of tumor cells | Analysis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurita et al.6) | – | Adenocarcinoma, stage I | NA, NP | – | Prognosis |
| Marchevsky et al.7) | 13 | NSCLC and SCLC | Nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio | 29 | |
| Burns et al.8) | 10 | LCC and adenocarcinoma | Nucleolar/nuclear ratio | – | |
| Morishita et al.9) | 193 | Adenocarcinoma | NA | – | Noguchi’s classification |
NSCLC: non-small-cell lung cancer; SCLC: small-cell lung cancer; LCC: large-cell carcinoma; NA: nuclear area; NP: nuclear perimeter