Research Article

Correlation between Skip N2 Metastases and SUVmax, Long Diameter of Tumor, and Ki67 Expression in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Table 1

General characteristics of the 65 NSCLC patients.

Variables (%)

Age
 <60 yrs16 (24.6%)
 ≥60 yrs49 (75.4%)
Pathological type
 Adenocarcinoma36 (55.4%)
 Squamous carcinoma26 (40.0%)
 Adenosquamous carcinoma2 (3.1%)
 Lymphoma-like carcinoma1 (1.5%)
T staging
 T122 (33.8%)
 T228 (40.3%)
 T312 (19.4%)
 T43 (6.5%)
N staging
 N1a14 (21.5%)
 N1b4 (6.2%)
 N2a119 (29.2%)
 N2a215 (23.1%)
 N2b13 (20.0%)
TNM staging
 IIB22 (33.8%)
 IIIA34 (52.3%)
 IIIB9 (13.8%)

NSCLC: non-small-cell lung cancer.