Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients studied.

Patients	Group 1 (n = 20)	Group 2 (n = 15)	Group 3 (n = 20)
Age	62.90 + 7.6	73 + 4.2	61 + 15.75
Gender (F/M)	6/14	11/9	12/8
Stage at diagnosis	II-III: 10 IIIb, IV: 10	III: 8 IV: 7	III: 12 IV: 8
Lung cancer (ADKs)	20	15	20
Brain metastasis	10	nd	nd
Bone (2), skin (5), and liver (13) metastases	nd	nd	20

nd: not detected.