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Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients

From: Identification of exosomal microRNA panel as diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for small cell lung cancer

Variable

Analytic set

 

Test set

Control

SCLC

 

Normal

SCLC

Patients, n

5

5

 

50

76

Age

61.8 ± 5.3

59.2 ± 7.2

 

55.88 ± 9.7

64.2 ± 8.2

Male sex (%)

5 (100.0)

5 (100.0)

 

27 (54.0)

67 (88.2)

Smoking status

     

Never, n (%)

·

·

 

28 (56.0)

5 (6.6)

Former/current, n(%)

5 (100.0)

5 (100.0)

 

22 (44.0)

71 (93.4)

Smoking amound, pack/year, mean ± SD

30.14 ± 10.3

58 ± 27.7

 

14.16 ± 19.2

33.79 ± 19.0

Underlying comorbidities

2

4

 

29

50

Respiratory diseases, n(%)

·

2 (40.0)

 

2 (4.0)

20 (26.3)

Cardiovascular diseases, n(%)

2 (40.0)

4 (80.0)

 

22 (44.0)

35 (46.0)

Other medical conditions, n(%)

1 (20.0)

2 (40.0)

 

17 (34.0)

17 (22.4)

STAGE

     

Limited, n (%)

·

5 (100.0)

 

·

28 (36.8)

Median OS (95% CI), months

· 30 (14.0 to 36.4)

 

· 25 (23.2 to 34.4)

Extensive, n (%)

·

·

 

·

48 (63.2)

Median OS (95% CI), months

·

·

 

· 10 (9.9 to 15.6)

Tumor invasion

     

T1 + T2

·

2 (40.0)

 

·

32 (42.1)

T3 + T4

·

3 (60.0)

 

·

44 (57.9)

Lymph node metastasis

     

Negative

·

·

 

·

11 (14.5)

Positive

·

5 (100.0)

 

·

65 (85.5)

Distant metastasis

     

Negative

·

5 (100.0)

 

·

32 (42.1)

Positive

·

·

 

·

44 (57.9)

Treatment modality

     

CCRT

·

4 (80.0)

 

·

30 (39.5)

Chemotherapy

·

1 (20.0)

 

·

46 (60.5)

Surgery

     

Yes

·

·

 

·

·

No

·

5 (100.0)

 

·

76 (100.0)

  1. Abbreviations: SCLC, small cell lung cancer; OS, overall survival; CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy Data represent mean (± SD) unless otherwise stated