Table 1.
Clinicopathological features of patients used in the study
| Patient | Expansion success | Age | Sex | Smoking history | Histology | Treatment prior to surgery | pStage (AJCC 7) | Survival |
| 1 | Y | 61 | M | Former smoker | SCC | None | 1 | Alive |
| 2 | N | 73 | F | Former smoker | SCC | Chemotherapy | 0 | Alive |
| 3 | N | 75 | F | Former smoker | Adenocarcinoma | Chemotherapy | 3 | Alive |
| 4 | Y | 74 | F | Former smoker | Adenocarcinoma | None | 1 | Alive |
| 5 | N | 74 | M | Former smoker | SCC | None | 2 | Dead |
| 6 | Y | 70 | F | Former smoker | SCC | None | 3 | Dead |
| 7 | Y | 83 | M | Former smoker | SCC | None | 3 | Alive |
| 8 | N | 74 | M | Former smoker | Adenocarcinoma | None | 1 | Alive |
| 9 | Y | 66 | M | Former smoker | SCC | None | 2 | Alive |
| 10 | Y | 76 | M | Former smoker | Adenocarcinoma | None | 2 | Alive |
| 11 | N | 74 | F | Former smoker | Adenocarcinoma | Chemotherapy | 1 | Alive |
| 12 | N | 69 | M | Former smoker | Adenocarcinoma | Chemotherapy | 0 | Alive |
| 13 | Y | 72 | F | Former smoker | Adenocarcinoma | None | 3 | Alive |
| 14 | Y | 74 | M | Former smoker | Adenocarcinoma | None | 2 | Alive |
| 15 | Y | 58 | M | Former smoker | Adenocarcinoma | Chemotherapy | 3 | Alive |
| 16 | Y | 60 | M | Former smoker | Large cell | Chemotherapy | 3 | Alive |
AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; F, female; M, male; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma.