Table 1: Demographics, prognostic factors, and extent of disease.

No. of patients Age  Median 50  Range 25–73 Gender  Male 12  Female 12 Smoking  Never-smoker 12  Light smoker (<10 pack years) 8 Performance status  EGOG PS 0 5  1 16  2 3 Stage  III B “wet” 1  IV 23 Site(s) of metastatic disease  Bone 17  Pleura and pericardium 11  Distant lung 11  Liver and/or suprarenals 10  Distant lymph nodes and/or soft tissues 6  Brain 2 Number of metastatic sites  1 8  2 4  3 or more 12