Table 3.
Epidemiological and clinical-pathological characteristics of the patients included.
| NSCLC Patients (n = 100) | mCRC Patients (n = 100) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | Variable | n |
| Age (mean ±SD) | 65.18 ± 10.66 | Age (mean ±SD) | 64.91 ± 10.82 |
| Age, years | Age, years | ||
| <60 | 30 | <60 | 34 |
| ≥60 | 70 | ≥60 | 66 |
| Gender | Gender | ||
| Male | 65 | Male | 63 |
| Female | 35 | Female | 37 |
| Anatomic site | Anatomic site | ||
| Primary tumor | 85 | Primary tumor | 85 |
| Regional lymph nodes | 5 | Liver | 7 |
| Brain | 4 | Lung | 4 |
| Liver | 2 | Peritoneum | 2 |
| Others | 4 | Others | 2 |
| Histologic NSCLC type | Histologic mCRC type | ||
| Adenocarcinoma | 87 | Adenocarcinoma | 100 |
| Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 3 | ||
| NOS | 10 | ||
| Smoking status | Tumor Location | ||
| Non-smoker | 21 | Sigmoid Colon | 31 |
| Ex-smoker | 45 | Rectum | 26 |
| Current-smoker | 34 | Right (ascending) colon | 14 |
| Left (descending) colon | 9 | ||
| Transverse colon | 6 | ||
| Splenic flexure | 5 | ||
| Cecum | 3 | ||
| Unknown | 6 | ||
NSCLC—Non-small cell lung cancer; mCRC—metastatic colorectal cancer; NOS—Not Otherwise Specified.