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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The correlation of SUVmax with pathological characteristics of primary tumor and the value of Tumor/ Lymph node SUVmax ratio for predicting metastasis to lymph nodes in resected NSCLC patients

Characteristic

Number of patients (%)

Male/Female

77 male/4 female

Mean age (years)

59.8 ± 8 (range: 38-74)

Type of surgery

 

Lobectomy + LND

55 (67.9%)

Pneumonectomy + LND

25 (30.9%)

Wedge resection + LND

1 (1.2%)

Tumor histology

 

Adenocarcinoma

32 (39.5%)

Squamous cell carcinoma

43 (53.1%)

Adenosquamous carcinoma

4 (4.9%)

Pleomorphic carcinoma

2 (2.5%)

Adenocarcinoma classification

 

Acinar predominant

16 (50%)

Solid predominant

9 (28.1%)

Papillary predominant

3 (9.4%)

Lepidic predominant

2 (6.2%)

Minimally invasive mucinous

2 (6.2%)

Differentiation of squamous cell carcinomas

 

Well

26 (60.5%)

Moderate

15 (34.9%)

Poor

2 (4.6%)

T Stage

 

1a

1 (1.2%)

1b

10 (12.3%)

2a

28 (34.6%)

2b

15 (18.6%)

3

26 (32.1%)

4

1 (1.2%)

N Stage

 

0

47 (58%)

1

22 (27.2%)

2

12 (14.8%)

Stage

 

IA

8 (9.9%)

IB

17 (21%)

IIA

17 (21%)

IIB

21 (25.9%)

IIIA

18 (22.2%)