Subject	Surgery
Specific subject area	Thoracic Surgery
Type of data	Table and Figures
How data were acquired	In this prospective observational study, the patients’ clinical data were collected from their medical records. The study was approved by the local ethics committee (16–6966-BO) and was conducted in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans. All patients provided written informed consent.
Data format	Raw baseline data
Parameters for data collection	Baseline clinical parameters serum CCL18 levels, maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax)
Description of data collection	Data were prospectively recorded from the patients’ written and electronic clinical records. CCL18 was measured using ELISA, while SUVmax was measured using 18FDG PET
Data source location	City/Town/Region: Ruhrlandklinik, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany Country: Germany
Data accessibility	The raw data can be accessed through Mendeley Data http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/yv4f7n2k7y.1