From: Serum proton NMR metabolomics analysis of human lung cancer following microwave ablation
Characteristic | NSCLC | MWA | Healthy |
---|---|---|---|
Number | 38 | 39 | 43 |
Gender | |||
Male | 19 | 20 | 22 |
Female | 19 | 19 | 21 |
Age (years) | |||
≥ 60 | 21 | 20 | 21 |
< 60 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
Stage | |||
IIIB | 10 | 13 | – |
IV | 28 | 26 | – |
Tumour location | |||
Peripheral | 38 | 39 | – |
Central | 0 | 0 | – |
Tumour size (cm) | |||
≥ 3.5 | 21 | 22 | – |
< 3.5 | 17 | 17 | – |
ECOG performance status | |||
0 | 0 | 2 | – |
1 | 36 | 35 | – |
2 | 2 | 2 | – |
Pathology | |||
Adenocarcinoma | 19 | 20 | – |
Squamous carcinoma | 13 | 10 | – |
Adenosquamous carcinoma | 6 | 8 | – |
Large cell carcinoma | 0 | 1 | – |
MWA time (min), mean (range) | – | 14.0 (4.0–42.0) | – |
MWA power | |||
70 | – | 33 | – |
60 | – | 6 | – |
Number of antennas | |||
One | – | 16 | – |
Two | – | 23 | – |