BMI1, ALDH1A1, and CD133 Transcripts Connect Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Cancer Stem Cells in Lung Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 57 operable and 13 advanced NSCLC patients.

Characteristics	Operable NSCLC; (%)	Advanced NSCLC; (%)
Age in years: median (range)	62 (42–79)	67 (50–82)
Gender
Male	33 (57.9%)	6 (46.2%)
Female	24 (42.1%)	7 (53.8%)
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	32 (56.1%)	13 (100%)
Squamous cell carcinoma	19 (33.3%)
Others	6 (10.5%)
Clinical stage
I	29 (50.8%)
II	14 (24.6%)
III	14 (24.6%)
IV		13 (100%)
Smoking history
Yes	46 (80.7%)	11 (84.6%)
No	9 (15.8%)	2 (15.4%)
Unknown	2 (3.5%)

: number of patients; NSCLC: non-small-cell lung cancer. Three patients had adenosquamous carcinoma, one basaloid carcinoma, one large cell carcinoma, and one combined large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with adenocarcinoma.