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Table 1 Resected pathological staged IA-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient characteristics from SEER Database

From: A hypothesized TNM staging system based on the number and location of positive lymph nodes may better reflect the prognosis for patients with NSCLC

 

Number

%

Total

9539

100

Age

  <  65

3579

37.5

  ≥ 65

5960

62.5

Race

 White

8063

84.5

 Black

780

8.2

 Others

696

7.3

Sex

 Female

4643

48.7

 Male

4896

51.3

Histology

 Adenocarcinoma

6033

63.2

 Squamous

3506

36.8

pT stage

 T1

3454

36.2

 T2

4146

43.5

 T3

1497

15.7

 T4

442

4.6

pN stage

 pN0

6249

65.5

 pN1

1852

19.4

 pN2

1418

14.9

 pN3

20

0.2

No. of PLN

 0

6383

66.9

  ≥ 1

3156

33.1