Table 1 Patient characteristics

Patients/Lesions

53/55

Male/Female

39/14 (41/14)*

Age (years)

median (range)

74 (16–86)

Tumor size (mm)

average (range)

26 (10–50)

Disease

Primary lung cancer

42

   Stage IA/IB

30/12

   Operable/Inoperable

7/35

   Sq/Ad/NSC/Unspecified**

14/22/5/1

Local recurrence

3

Metastatic lung cancer

10

Follow-up period (month)

32 (24–52)