From: Limited resection and two-staged lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer with ground-glass opacity
Characteristics | The patients with GGO (n = 41) | |
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Age (year) | ||
Median value (range) | 63 (37–79) | |
Sex | ||
Male | 16 (39%) | |
Female | 25 (61%) | |
CEA (ng/ml) | ||
Median value (range) | 2.2 (0.5-18.8) | |
Location | ||
Right upper lobe | 24 (58.5%) | |
Right middle lobe | 1 (2.4%) | |
Right lower lobe | 1 (2.4%) | |
Left upper lobe | 7 (17.1%) | |
Left lower lobe | 8 (19.5%) | |
Tumor size on CT (mm) | ||
Median value (range) | 13 (5–20) | |
Histological type | ||
Adenocarcinoma | 35 (85.4%) | |
Noguchi type | ||
A | 7 | |
B | 9 | |
C | 18 | |
F | 1 | |
Non-malignancy | 6 (14.6%) | |
Tumor size on specimen (mm) | ||
Median value (range) | 13 (5–22) | |
TNM classification | ||
T1a N0 M0 | 33 | |
T1b N0 M0 | 2 |