Patients | 30 |
Age years | 68.9±9.6 |
Male | 18 (60.0) |
Presentation | |
Outpatient | 23 (76.7) |
Emergency admission | 7 (23.3) |
ECOG Performance Status | |
0 | 6 (20.0) |
1 | 15 (50.0) |
2 | 8 (26.7) |
3 | 1 (3.3) |
Nodal stage# | |
N2 | 20 (66.7) |
N3 | 10 (33.3) |
Metastatic disease | 12 (40.0) |
Cancer subtype | |
Small cell lung cancer | 6 (20.0) |
Adenocarcinoma | 16 (53.3) |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 8 (26.7) |
NSCLC NOS | 0 |
Data are presented as n, mean±sd or n (%). ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; NSCLC NOS: nonsmall cell lung cancer not otherwise specified. #: nodal stage defined by computed tomography.