Blood test shows high accuracy in detecting stage I non-small cell lung cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Sample Distribution

	African-American	Caucasian	Hispanic	Total
Training Set
Female	37	69	27	133
Asthma	0	10	1	11
Breast Cancer	0	1	0	1
Colon-Rectal Cancer	0	2	0	2
Non-Smoker	15	17	10	42
NSCLC, (Stage I-II)	10	22	10	42
Pancreatic Cancer	0	2	0	2
Smoker	12	15	6	33
Male	49	53	23	126
Asthma	0	4	0	4
Non-Smoker	18	14	9	41
NSCLC, (Stage I-II)	9	17	10	37
Pancreatic Cancer	0	2	0	2
Smoker	22	16	4	42
Total	86	122	50	258
Validation Set
Female	29	88	18	135
Asthma	0	8	0	8
Breast Cancer	5	35	0	40
Colon-Rectal Cancer	0	3	0	3
Non-Smoker	9	12	9	30
NSCLC, Stage I	6	17	4	27
Pancreatic Cancer	0	2	0	2
Smoker	9	11	5	25
Male	25	51	17	93
Asthma	0	3	0	3
Colon-Rectal Cancer	0	2	0	2
Non-Smoker	7	11	9	27
NSCLC, Stage I	5	18	5	28
Pancreatic Cancer	0	1	0	1
Prostate	3	6	0	9
Smoker	10	10	3	23
Total	54	139	35	228

All samples were collected in the United States and proportionately distributed between genders. The age range was between 21 and 82 years old with an average age of 56

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