Research Article

Peripheral Tumor Location Predicts a Favorable Prognosis in Patients with Resected Small Cell Lung Cancer

Table 1

Clinicopathological and treatment characteristics.

CharacteristicsTotal (n = 119)

Age
 Median (years)56 (35–77)
  <6595 (79.8%)
  ≥6524 (20.2%)
Sex
 Female43 (36.1%)
 Male76 (63.9%)
Smoking
 Never-smoker43 (36.1%)
 Current smoker76 (63.9%)
Staging
 IA43 (36.1%)
 IB12 (10.1%)
 IIA4 (3.4%)
 IIB24 (20.2%)
 IIIA35 (29.4%)
 IIIB1 (0.8%)
Treatment
 Adjuvant chemotherapy102 (85.7%)
 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy28 (23.5%)
 Postoperative mediastinal RT8 (6.7%)
 PCI10 (8.4%)