Table 1 Patient characteristics
Cases | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
Smoking status | ||
Never smokers | 76 | 75 |
Passive smokers | 14 | 14 |
Smokers | 11 | 11 |
Symptoms | ||
Dyspnea | 38 | 38 |
Chest pain | 61 | 60 |
Cough | 55 | 54 |
Hemoptysis | 27 | 27 |
Intracranial hypertension | 7 | 6 |
Vena cava syndrome | 1 | 1 |
Phlebitis of upper limb | 1 | 1 |
Stage of non small cell lung cancer | ||
Stage IV | 83 | 82 |
Stage III | 16 | 16 |
Stage II | 2 | 2 |
Stage I | 0 | 0 |
Lung cancer cell type | ||
Adenocarcinoma | 60 | 59 |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 33 | 32 |
Poorly differentiated carcinoma | 1 | 1 |
Small cell lung cancer | 7 | 7 |
Treatment | ||
Palliative chemotherapy | 43 | 43 |
Chemoradiation | 7 | 7 |
Radiotherapy | 8 | 8 |
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before chemoradiation | 2 | 2 |
Best supportive care | 35 | 34 |
Brain irradiation | 4 | 4 |
Surgery and radiotherapy | 2 | 2 |