Table 5 Number of significant genes identified in analyses of metastatic cases according to years between blood sampling and diagnosis.

From: Transcriptomic signals in blood prior to lung cancer focusing on time to diagnosis and metastasis

Year

No. of cases (cumulated)

FDR 0.05

FDR 0.1

 < 1

12

0

42

 < 2

26

61

279

 < 3

36

27

128

 < 4

47

0

0

 < 5

68

0

0

 < 6

87

0

0

 < 7

94

0

1

 < 8

100

0

0