The basic features of the lung carcinoma patients (n = 141)
| Age (yrs) | 65 (range, 38–85) |
| Sex | 13 women and 128 men |
| Follow-up (mo) | 22 (range, 0.5–90) |
| Histology | 64 squamous cell carcinomas |
| 39 adenocarcinomas | |
| 11 small cell carcinomas | |
| 23 with other histology | |
| 4 had missing information | |
| Status of the disease | |
| 37 stage I | |
| 15 stage II | |
| 41 stage III | |
| 34 stage IV (5 had only bone metastases, 19 had only soft tissue metastases, 8 both bone and soft tissue metastases, and 2 had missing information) | |
| 14 had missing information | |
| Treatments | |
| 46 treated with surgery (31 lobectomy/bilobectomy and 15 pneumonectomy) | |
| 28 treated with surgery and radiation therapy | |
| 43 treated with radiation therapy | |
| 3 treated with cytostatic treatment | |
| 5 treated with radiation therapy and cytostatic treatment | |
| 9 treated with other treatment modalities | |
| 7 had missing information |
| Age (yrs) | 65 (range, 38–85) |
| Sex | 13 women and 128 men |
| Follow-up (mo) | 22 (range, 0.5–90) |
| Histology | 64 squamous cell carcinomas |
| 39 adenocarcinomas | |
| 11 small cell carcinomas | |
| 23 with other histology | |
| 4 had missing information | |
| Status of the disease | |
| 37 stage I | |
| 15 stage II | |
| 41 stage III | |
| 34 stage IV (5 had only bone metastases, 19 had only soft tissue metastases, 8 both bone and soft tissue metastases, and 2 had missing information) | |
| 14 had missing information | |
| Treatments | |
| 46 treated with surgery (31 lobectomy/bilobectomy and 15 pneumonectomy) | |
| 28 treated with surgery and radiation therapy | |
| 43 treated with radiation therapy | |
| 3 treated with cytostatic treatment | |
| 5 treated with radiation therapy and cytostatic treatment | |
| 9 treated with other treatment modalities | |
| 7 had missing information |