Table 1. . Demographic information on cancer patients recruited from the National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital (Dhaka, Bangladesh site).
| Lung cancer patients (n = 80) | n |
|---|---|
| Age (year) | 53 ± 1 |
| Sex (female) | 33 |
| Cancer type | |
| Adenocarcinoma (n) | 29 |
| Nonsquamous (n) | 10 |
| Small-cell (n) | 7 |
| Squamous (n) | 17 |
| Mets (n) | 2 |
| Staging | |
| Early/Stage II (n) | 6 |
| Stage III (n) | 7 |
| Stage IV/advanced (n) | 67 |
| Breast cancer patients (n = 39) | |
| Age (year) | 42 ± 2 |
| Sex (female) | 39 |
| Breast cancer staging | |
| DCC/early | 3 |
| Stage II | 2 |
| Stage III | 4 |
| Stage IV/advanced | 28 |
Age is presented as mean ± SEM. The cancer subtype information was not available for all lung cancer patients. Not all staging information was available for breast cancer patients.
Mets: Metastasized cancer.