Table 1.

Background characteristics of the 17 patients evaluated in this study

	SF group (n = 10)	AS group (n = 7)
Age (years)	71 (51–85)	66 (43–68)	N.S.
Sex (male/female)	4/6	2/5	N.S.
Pathological UICC stage I/IIA/IIB/III	5/1/3/1	0/1/3/3	N.S.
Preoperative WBC (median, range, ×103/μL)	4.9 (3.5–7.1)	5.4 (2.5–7.9)	N.S.
Preoperative lymphocytes (median, range, ×102/μL)	7.9 (7.0–1.3)	1.5 (1.2–1.8)	P = 0.0025

AS, adjuvant surgery; N.S., not significant; SF, surgery first; UICC, Union for International Cancer Control; WBC, white blood cell count.