Table 1 Patient characteristics

Patient number

124

2

85

37

Age (years)

   Range (median)

29-89 (77)

67, 70

58-87 (77)

29-89 (78)

Gender

   Male

84

1

54

29

   Female

40

1

31

8

Performance status

   0

65

2

47

16

   1

48

0

31

17

   2

11

0

7

4

Tumor size (mm)

   Range (median)

12-55 (27)

12, 14

15-34 (24)

31-55 (35)

Operability

   Operable

40

2

27

11

   Non-operable

84

0

58

26

Histology

   Adenocarcinoma

66

2

46

18

   Squamous cell carcinoma

35

0

19

16

   Unclassified NSCLC

13

0

10

3

   Unproven

10

0

10

0

Tumor location

   Central

29

0

18

11

   Peripheral

95

2

67

26