Heavy Metal Content in Thoracic Tissue Samples from Patients with and without NSCLC

Table 2

Heavy metal content in the UT tissue samples.

Heavy metal	Median concentration (range) of metal in primary lung tumor site in 𝜇g/g	Median concentration (range) of metal in distant benign lung tissue in 𝜇g/g	Median concentration (range) of metal in benign adjacent lung tissue in 𝜇g/g	Median concentration (range) of metal in malignant lymph node tissue in 𝜇g/g	Median concentration (range) of metal in benign adjacent lymph nodes in 𝜇g/g	Median concentration (range) of metal in distant benign lymph nodes in 𝜇g/g
Cd	0.0580; (not detectable-0.316)	0.2040; (not detectable-2.500)	0.0830; (not detectable-0.942)	0.0260; (not detectable-0.096)	0.0264; (not detectable-0.1058)	0.0512; (not detectable-0.015)
As	0.0305; (not detectable-0.078)	0.0250; (not detectable-0.070)	0.0230; (not detectable-0.266)	0.0480; (not detectable-0.201)	0.0265; (not detectable-0.0832)	0.0238; (not detectable-0.015)
Hg	0; (not detectable-0.015)	0; (not detectable-0.012)	0; (not detectable)	0; (not detectable)	0; (not detectable)	0; (not detectable-0.015)
Pb	0; (not detectable-0.026)	0; (not detectable)	0; (not detectable-0.101)	0; (not detectable-0.057)	0; (not detectable-0.0585)	0; (not detectable-0.015)