The Potential of the Quick Detection of Selectins Using Raman Spectroscopy to Discriminate Lung Cancer Patients from Healthy Subjects

Table 1

Patients and clinical tumor characteristics.

Characteristics of patients	Group 1	Group 2	Control group
Age, years
Median (range)	63 (53–77)	68 (58–80)	59 (47–70)
Gender
Male	17	3	7
Female	5	7	10
Histology
Non-small cell carcinoma	3	3
Adenocarcinoma	13	5
Squamous	6	2
Surgery	22	0
Non surgery	0	10
TNM factor
T1a/T1b/T2a/T2b/T3/T4	4/6/6/3/2/1	0/1/1/0/4/4
N0	15	1
N1N2/N3	6/1/0	1/7/1
M0	22	1
M1	0	9

T, tumor; N, nodes; M, metastases.