Margriet Kwint

Chapter 6 120 Table 1: Patients Characteristics (NSCLC = non-small cell lung carcinoma; WHO = World Health Organization) Characteristic No. of patients (N=139) % Sex Male 84 60.4 Female 55 39.6 Stage IB 1 0.7 IIA 4 2.9 IIB 6 4.3 IIIA 82 59.0 IIIB 36 25.9 Recurrent NSCLC 10 7.2 Histology Squamous 47 33.8 Adenocarcinoma 29 20.9 Large cell/not specified 63 45.3 WHO 0 14 10.1 1 101 72.7 2 24 17.3 Smoking during treatment Yes 87 62.6 No 52 37.4 Weight loss ≥5% last 6 months Yes 50 36.0 No 89 64.0