Table 2. Survival of our patients.

Variables	Survival			P
	Median (months)	Minimum	Maximum
Overall median (n=101) (Figure 1)	8	0.5	78
Gender				ns
Overall females (n=35)	7	1	78
Overall males (n=66)	8	0.5	34
Diagnosis				ns
Overall ADC (n=71)	8	0.5	78
Overall squamous cell carcinoma (n=13)	5	0.5	16
Overall small-cell carcinoma (n=12)	4.5	1	17
PE
Overall at follow-up (n=25)	11	3	78	0.009 (Figure 2)
Overall at diagnosis (n=76)	6	0.5	35
Overall from PE appearance (n=101)	5	0.5	35
Overall from PE appearance at diagnosis (n=76)	6	0.5	35	<0.0001 (Figure 3)
Overall from PE appearance during follow-up (n=25)	1	0.5	13

ADC, adenocarcinoma; PE, pleural effusion; ns, no significance.