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Table 1 Patients´ characteristics and clinicopathological parameters in the study group of 114 lung cancer patients

From: Assessment of MYC and TERT copy number variations in lung cancer using digital PCR

Characteristic

Group

N (%)

Age (years), median (range)

 

70 (50–85)

Sex

Male

57 (50.0)

Female

57 (50.0)

Smoking status

Never

17 (14.9)

Former

41 (35.9)

Current

54 (47.4)

Missing

2 (1.8)

Histological subtypes

Lung adenocarcinoma

74 (64.9)

Lung squamous cell carcinoma

27 (23.7)

Other#

13 (11.4)

Grade§

G1

5 (4.4)

G2

50 (43.9)

G3

52 (45.6)

GX

7 (6.1)

T Stage

T1

43 (37.7)

T2

39 (34.2)

T3

16 (14.0)

T4

11 (9.7)

TX

5 (4.4)

  1. #four carcinoid, three large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas, two non-small cell lung cancer-not otherwise specified, two adenosquamous carcinoma, one large cell carcinoma-not otherwise specified and one carcinosarcoma of the lung
  2. §Grade 1: well differentiated, low grade; Grade 2: moderately differentiated, intermediate grade; Grade 3: poorly differentiated, high grade; Grade X: grade cannot be assessed (undetermined grade)