Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics of patients.

From: Expression of programmed death ligand-1 on tumor cells varies pre and post chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer

Characteristics

N (Proportion, %)

Total

32

Median Ages (years)

56 (36–77)a

Gender

 Female

17 (53.1)

 Male

15 (47.9)

Smoking status

 Never smoker

22 (68.8)

 Current or ex-smoker

10 (31.2)

Histologic diagnosis

 Adenocarcinoma

26 (81.3)

 Squamous carcinoma

5 (15.6)

 Others

1(3.1)

Stage

 IIIA (N2)

21 (65.6)

 IIIB (T4N0 or 1)

11 (34.4)

Types of EGFR mutation

 L858R

3 (9.4)

 19 deletion

8 (25.0)

 Wild-type

15 (46.9)

 Untested

6 (18.8)

NACT regimen

 Paclitaxel-based

9 (28.1)

 Pemetrexed-based

15 (46.9)

 TKI-based

8 (25.0)

Down-staging

 Yes

16 (50.0)

 No

16 (50.0)

NACT efficacy

 Partial response

18 (56.2)

 Stable or progression

14 (43.8)

  1. Note.
  2. aMedian (range). Abbreviations: NACT, neo-adjuvant chemotherapy; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitors.