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. 2022 Aug;11(8):1526–1539. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-22-192

Table 1. Patient, tumor and treatment characteristics.

Characteristic Total cohort (n=155) Homogenous cohort (n=100)
Age at diagnosis, years
   Mean (95% CI) 65 (64–66) 66 (64–68)
   Median (min–max) 65 (39–85) 66 (45–85)
Gender, n (%)
   Female 58 (37.4) 40 (40.0)
   Male 97 (62.6) 60 (60.0)
Smoking history, n (%)
   Positive 140 (90.3) 92 (92.0)
   Negative 15 (9.7) 8 (8.0)
Histology, n (%)
   Adenocarcinoma 139 (89.7) 100 (100.0)
   Squamous cell carcinoma 14 (9.0) NA
   Adenosquamous 1 (0.6) NA
   NOS 1 (0.6) NA
Grade of differentiation, n (%)
   Well differentiated 50 (32.3) 40 (40.0)
   Moderately differentiated 56 (36.1) 37 (37.0)
   Poorly differentiated 49 (31.6) 23 (23.0)
Tumor size, cm, n (%)
   0–1.9 35 (22.6) 29 (29.0)
   2–3.9 67 (43.2) 48 (48.0)
   4–5.9 31 (20.0) 12 (12.0)
   ≥6 22 (14.2) 11 (11.0)
pTNM stage (8th edition), n (%)
   Stage I 67 (43.2) 54 (54.0)
   Stage II 41 (26.5) 21 (21.0)
   Stage III 39 (25.2) 25 (25.0)
   Stage IV 8 (5.2) NA
Surgical resection, n (%)
   R0 146 (94.2) 100 (100.0)
   R1 9 (5.8) NA
Mutation, positive/tested
   p53 19/53 12/36
   EGFR 10/107 NA
   KRAS 28/63 23/40
Treatment
   Neoadjuvant therapy, n (%) 39 (25.2) NA
    Cisplatin- or carboplatin-based doublet chemotherapy 36 (23.2) NA
    Cisplatin- or carboplatin-based doublet with radiotherapy 2 (1.3) NA
    Pembrolizumab with radiotherapy 1 (0.6) NA
   Surgery, n (%) 155 (100.0) 100 (100.0)
   Adjuvant therapy, n (%) 46 (29.7) 27 (27.0)
    Cisplatin- or carboplatin-based chemotherapy 29 (18.7) 21 (21.0)
    Cisplatin- or carboplatin-based chemotherapy with radiotherapy 10 (6.5) 6 (6.0)
    Radiotherapy only 7 (4.5) NA

CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable; NOS, not otherwise specified; pTNM, pathological tumor-node-metastasis; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; KRAS, Kirsten rat sarcoma virus.