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Table 1 Baseline patient and tumor characteristics

From: Usefulness of Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) in evaluating response to chemotherapy in patients with advanced non small-cell lung cancer: a prospective cohort study

N = 180

 

Mean ± SD

Patients

n (%)

Age (years)

 

59.4 ± 12.2

  

Gender

Women

 

82

(45.6)

Men

 

98

(54.4)

Smoking History

Positive

 

103

(57.3)

Negative

 

77

(42.7)

Wood-smoke exposure

Positive

 

73

(40.6)

Negative

 

103

(59.4)

ECOG

0

 

38

21.1)

1

 

115

(63.9)

2

 

26

(14.4)

3

 

1

(0.6)

Clinical Stage

III

 

28

(15.6)

IV

 

152

(84.4)

Histology

Adenocarcinoma

 

152

(84.4)

Squamous-cell

 

14

(7.8)

Undifferentiated

 

13

(7.2)

Large-cell carcinoma

 

1

(0.6)

Baseline CEA

 

242.8 ± 685

  

Treatment

Platinum-Based CT

 

168

(93.3)

Tyrosine-kinase

   

inhibitors

 

12

(6.7)

Tumor ResponseEvaluation

Complete/Partial

 

51

(28.3)

Stable Disease

 

89

(49.4)

 

Progressive Disease

 

40

(22.2)

  1. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CT, chemotherapy.