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Table 2 Disease factors according to lung cancer type

From: A 10-year retrospective study of lung cancer in Uganda

Variable

Female (n = 117)

Male (n = 90)

Overall (N = 207)

P-value

Stage

   

n/a

IIIB

IIIC

IVA

IVB

Limited

Extensive

Unknown

2

2

59

51

0 (0.0)

3 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.5)

2 (2.0)

43 (51.0)

39 (45.0)

0

4

1 (0.5)

3 (1.4)

4 (1.9)

102 (49.3)

90 (43.5)

0 (0.0)

7 (3.4)

1 (0.5)

Histologic type

   

.471

NSCLC

SCLC

114

3

86

4

200

7

Liver metastases

Unknown

12 (14.3)

15 (0.0)

18 (14.5)

9 (12.0)

30 (14.5)

24 (11.6)

.071

Contralateral lung metastases

Unknown

36 (14.3)

10 (0.0)

26 (30.5)

7 (8.5)

62 (30.0)

17 (8.2)

.757

Brain metastases

Unknown

12 (14.3)

17 (0.0)

8 (9.5)

10 (13.5)

20 (9.7)

27 (13.0)

.812

Bone metastases

Unknown

23 (42.9)

15 (0.0)

21 (20.5)

8 (11.5)

44 (21.3)

23 (11.1)

.728

Pleural Metastases**

Unknown

88 (28.6)

6 (0.0)

70 (78.0)

3 (4.5)

158 (76.3)

9 (4.3)

.861

  1. Abbreviations: SCLC Small Cell Lung Cancer, NSCLC Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, BAL bronchoalveolar lavage