Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Lung cancer symptoms and pulse oximetry in the prognostic assessment of patients with lung cancer
Median age (range), in years | 63 | (34 to 80) |
Gender | ||
Male | 32 | (78%) |
Female | 9 | (22%) |
Karnofsky performance status | ||
60 % | 3 | (7%) |
70 % | 22 | (54%) |
80% | 11 | (27%) |
90% | 5 | (12%) |
Clinical Stage | ||
IIIA | 7 | (17%) |
IIIB | 12 | (29%) |
IV | 22 | (54%) |
Histology | ||
Adenocarcinoma | 16 | (39%) |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 9 | (22%) |
Poorly differentiated carcinoma | 6 | (15%) |
Large cell carcinoma | 3 | (7%) |
Small cell carcinoma | 7 | (17%) |
Metastatic sites | ||
Bone | 8 | (19%) |
Addrenal | 6 | (15%) |
Skin | 4 | (10%) |
Lung | 3 | (7%) |
Brain | 2 | (5%) |
Liver | 1 | (2%) |
Wasting | 22 | (54%) |