Angiogenic Response to Major Lung Resection for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical and Open Access

Table 1

Clinical data.

Variables	VATS	Open
Patient number	23	20
Age (years)*	63.8±11.1	65.5±7.3
Male/female	15/8	15/5
Smoker	17	16
Tumor diameter (cm)*	3.2±1.6	4±1.9
Tumor histology; (Adeno/SCC/other)	13/7/3	14/5/1
Pathological TNM stage
I	14	12
IIa	5	5
IIb	2	2
IIIa	2	1
Lobectomy/bilobectomy	21/2	19/1
Operative duration (min)	144±39	163±49

* Mean ± SD.
Adeno: adenocarcinoma, SCC: squamous cell carcinoma.