Table 1 Characteristics of the 105 cases in the study.

From: One-step nucleic acid amplification for intraoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastasis in lung cancer patients: a single-center prospective study

Characteristics

Patients n = 105 (%)

Age at diagnosis (range), y

70.3 (40–89)

Sex, n (%)

Male

59 (56.2)

Female

46 (43.8)

Histology, n (%)

Primary lung cancer

100 (95.2)

Ad

80

Sq

14

Other NSCLC

4

Small

2

Occult primary tumor

2 (1.9)

Metastatic lung tumor

3 (2.9)

  1. NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; Ad, adenocarcinoma; Sq, squamous cell carcinoma.