Table 1 General situation of included patients

1

Male

59

Chest pain

5

Basaloid carcinoma

Y

Stable

2

Male

51

Back pain

7.4

Squamous-cell carcinoma

Y

Dead

3

Female

46

Back pain

5.5

Squamous-cell carcinoma

Y

Stable

4

Male

55

Chest pain

3.7

Atypical carcinoid

Y

Stable

5

Male

40

Asymptomatic

7

Atypical carcinoid

Y

Stable

6

Female

47

Myasthenia gravis

7

Squamous-cell carcinoma

Y

Stable

7

Male

34

Chest distress

5.5

Squamous-cell carcinoma

Y

Stable

8

Male

43

Superior vena cava syndrome

5

Atypical carcinoid

Y

Dead

9

Female

52

Myasthenia gravis

6

Squamous-cell carcinoma

Y

Stable

10

Male

23

Superior vena cava syndrome

7.2

Undifferentiated carcinoma

Y

Dead

11

Male

26

Hypokalemia

5

Undifferentiated carcinoma

Y

Dead

12

Female

52

Asymptomatic

5

Squamous-cell carcinoma

Y

Stable

13

Male

53

Chest pain

12.7

Squamous-cell carcinoma

N

Dead

14

Male

65

Myasthenia gravis

5.8

Squamous-cell carcinoma

N

Dead

15

Male

46

Asymptomatic

4.2

Undifferentiated carcinoma

N

Dead

16

Male

53

Shoulder Pain

6.9

Squamous-cell carcinoma

N

Dead

17

Male

58

Asymptomatic

5.8

Atypical carcinoid

N

Dead

18

Female

62

Myasthenia gravis

6

Squamous-cell carcinoma

N

Stable

19

Female

59

Asymptomatic

9.2

Squamous-cell carcinoma

N

Dead

20

Male

67

Chest pain

6

Undifferentiated carcinoma

N

Dead

21

Male

51

Chest distress

16.2

Squamous-cell carcinoma

N

Stable

22

Male

53

Superior vena cava syndrome

5

Undifferentiated carcinoma

N

Lung metastasis

23

Female

39

Asymptomatic

6.6

Basaloid carcinoma

N

Dead

24

Male

53

Chest pain

8.7

Squamous-cell carcinoma

N

Lung metastasis

25

Male

60

Chest pain

9.4

Squamous-cell carcinoma

N

Dead

26

Male

20

Myasthenia gravis

5.5

Atypical carcinoid

N

Stable