Table 4 Characteristics of cancer patients and lung tumors studied by microsatellite analysis

From: Gene expression and copy number profiling suggests the importance of allelic imbalance in 19p in asbestos-associated lung cancer

 

Heavily asbestos exposed

Non- exposed

Moderately asbestos exposed

 

n=25

n=29

n=8

Gender, M/F

25/−

29/−

8/−

Age, mean±s.d.

63.7±6.2

62.5±9.0

62.0±11.4

Asbestosa, median (range)

12.8 (5.9–8000)

0.0 (0.0–0.50)

2.3 (1.2–4.3)

Histologya

   

 AC

9

12

4

 SCC

5

11

3

 LCLC

6

2

1

 SCLC

1

2

—

 AC-SCC

1

1

—

 Giant cell carcinomas

1

—

—

 Pleomorphic carcinomas

2

1

—

  1. aSee footnotes in Table 3 for definitions for histological tumor types and asbestos fiber count.
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