Table 1.

Characteristics of the 34 patients with NSCLC who were assessed for the presence of bone marrow- and peripheral blood-derived TA-reactive T cells using the ELISPOT analysis.

Variable		n = 34
Sex
	Male	18 (52.9%)
	Female	16 (47.1%)
Age, median years (range)		65 (40–83)
Smoking, median pack-years (range)		35 (0–90)
Operation type
	Segmentectomy	2 (5.9%)
	Lobectomy Bilobectomy	27 (79.4%) 3 (8.8%)
	Pneumonectomy	2 (5.9%)
Pathological stage
	I	10 (29.4%)
	II	11 (32.4%)
	III	13 (38.2%)
Histological type
	Adenocarcinoma	21 (61.8%)
	Squamous cell carcinoma	7 (20.6%)
	Large cell carcinoma	4 (11.8%)
	Adenosquamous carcinoma	2 (5.9%)
Lymphatic invasion
	Negative	20 (58.8%)
	Positive	14 (41.2%)
Vascular invasion
	Negative	18 (52.9%)
	Positive	16 (47.1%)
Visceral pleural invasion
	Negative	23 (67.6%)
	Positive	11 (32.4%)