Table 1 Characteristics of patients with mucinous and non-mucinous tumors
From: Locoregional recurrence via mucus-mediated extension following lung resection for mucinous tumors
Variables | Mucinous | Non-mucinous | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 38 | % | N = 114 | % | ||
Age, years | |||||
Median | 61.3 | – | 64.3 | – | 0.579 |
Range | 33–77 | 29–90 | |||
Gender | |||||
Male | 23 | 26 | 65 | 74 | 0.450 |
Female | 15 | 23 | 49 | 77 | |
Primary tumor | |||||
Gastrointestinal cancer | 26 | 26 | 73 | 74 | 0.565 |
Pseudomyxoma peritonei | 10 | 100 | 0 | 0 | < 0.001 |
Lung cancer | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 0.355 |
Kidney, urinary tract cancer | 1 | 6 | 16 | 94 | 0.026 |
Head and neck cancer | 0 | 0 | 12 | 100 | 0.050 |
Uterus cancer | 0 | 0 | 6 | 100 | 0.174 |
The others | 0 | 0 | 6 | 100 | 0.174 |
Surgical procedure | |||||
Partial resection/ enucleation | 31 | 24 | 97 | 76 | 0.271 |
Segmentectomy | 7 | 29 | 17 | 71 | 0.492 |
Lobectomy | 7 | 40 | 9 | 60 | 0.224 |
Postoperative chemotherapy | |||||
(+) | 16 | 26 | 45 | 74 | 0.396 |
(−) | 17 | 20 | 67 | 80 | |