Table 1. Distribution of patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated surgically at INCA from 2010 to 2016.
| Characteristics | Microvascular invasion | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Present | p-value | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Total | 68 | 74.7 | 23 | 25.3 | - | 91 | 100.0 |
| Age group | |||||||
| < 60 years | 22 | 32.4 | 10 | 43.5 | 0.334 | 32 | 35.2 |
| ≥ 60 years | 46 | 67.6 | 13 | 56.5 | 59 | 64.8 | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 30 | 44.1 | 10 | 43.5 | 0.957 | 40 | 44.0 |
| Female | 38 | 55.9 | 13 | 56.5 | 51 | 56.0 | |
| Race | |||||||
| White | 41 | 60.3 | 16 | 69.6 | 0.427 | 57 | 62.6 |
| Non-white | 27 | 39.7 | 7 | 30.4 | 34 | 37.4 | |
| Smoking status | |||||||
| Never smoked | 11 | 16.2 | 3 | 13.0 | 0.500 | 14 | 15.4 |
| Current or former smoker | 57 | 83.8 | 20 | 87.0 | 77 | 84.6 | |
| Smoking load | |||||||
| < 40 pack-years | 18 | 31.6 | 5 | 25.0 | 0.898 | 23 | 29.9 |
| 40-59 pack-years | 17 | 29.8 | 7 | 35.0 | 24 | 31.2 | |
| ≥ 60 pack-years | 22 | 38.6 | 8 | 40.0 | 30 | 39.0 | |
| Performance Status (PS) | |||||||
| 0 | 27 | 39.7 | 6 | 26.1 | 0.240 | 33 | 36.3 |
| 1 | 41 | 60.3 | 17 | 73.9 | 58 | 63.7 | |
| Maximum SUV | |||||||
| < 10 | 38 | 64.4 | 8 | 40.0 | 0.056 | 46 | 58.2 |
| ≥ 10 | 21 | 35.6 | 12 | 60.0 | 33 | 41.8 | |
| Tumor size | |||||||
| pT1 | 21 | 30.9 | 4 | 17.4 | 0.157 | 25 | 27.5 |
| pT2 | 37 | 54.4 | 11 | 47.8 | 48 | 52.7 | |
| pT3 | 8 | 11.8 | 6 | 26.1 | 14 | 15.4 | |
| pT4 | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 8.7 | 4 | 4.4 | |
| pN | |||||||
| pN0 | 61 | 89.7 | 12 | 52.2 | < 0.001 | 73 | 80.2 |
| pN1 | 2 | 2.9 | 8 | 34.8 | 10 | 11.0 | |
| pN2 | 5 | 7.4 | 3 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.8 | |
| Pathological stage | |||||||
| IA | 21 | 30.9 | 2 | 8.7 | 0.003 | 23 | 25.3 |
| IB | 24 | 35.3 | 3 | 13.0 | 27 | 29.7 | |
| IIA | 8 | 11.8 | 7 | 30.4 | 15 | 16.5 | |
| IIB | 8 | 11.8 | 3 | 13.0 | 11 | 12.1 | |
| IIIA | 7 | 10.3 | 8 | 34.8 | 15 | 16.5 | |
| Histological subtype | |||||||
| Adenocarcinoma | 46 | 67.6 | 15 | 65.2 | 0.191 | 61 | 67.0 |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 20 | 29.4 | 5 | 21.7 | 25 | 27.5 | |
| Other | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.5 | |
Abbreviations: N, number of patients; SUV, standardized uptake value; pN, pathological staging nodal descriptor.