Table 1.

Features of patients included in the study.

Patients with primary lung or pleural tumor

EpitheIioid mesothelioma

Female: n. 3 - median age 76 (range 68-86)

Male: n. 6 - median age 72,5 (range 60-82)

Non-small cell lung cancer

Female: n. 7 - median age 69.4 (range 60-81)

Male: n. 6- median age 70.3 (range 58-77)

Small cell lung cancer

Male: n. 2 - median age 70.5 (range 69-72)

n- 24 - female: 10m male: 14 –median age 71.7 (range 58-86)

Patients with secondary metastatic lung plural tumor

Intestinal Carcinoma

Male: n. 1 - age 74

Uterine Carcinoma

Female: n. 1 - age 63

Chorio-Carcinoma

Female: n. 1 - age 41

Vescical Carcinoma

Female: n. 1 - age 57

Brest Carcinoma

Female: n. 2 - median age 57.5 (range 53-62)

Kidney Carcinoma

Male: n. 1 - age 73

Primary tumor unknow

Female: n. 2 - median age 83 (range 80-86)

Male: n. 1 - age 64

n. 10 -female: 7, male: 1- median age 65.3 (range 41-86)