Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics
Parameters | Number |
|---|---|
Age | |
Average (range) | 62.6(42–84) |
Gender | |
Male | 75 |
Female | 30 |
Tumor location | |
Upper thoracic segment | 14 |
Middle thoracic | 56 |
Lower thoracic | 35 |
Biopsy pathology | |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 99 |
Adenocarcinoma | 1 |
Small cell carcinoma | 1 |
Sarcomatoid carcinoma | 1 |
Neuroendocrine carcinoma | 3 |
The preoperative T stages | |
T1b | 36 |
T2 | 49 |
T3 | 20 |
Concomitant disease | |
COPD | 6 |
Hypertension | 27 |
Diabetes | 9 |
Atrial fibrillation | 2 |
Preoperative treatment | |
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | 21 |
Neoadjuvant radiotherapy | 0 |