Table 1 Characteristics of 13 757 patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer diagnosed during 1994–2005
Patient characteristics%
Mean age (years)67.5
Men65.1
Squamous cell carcinoma28.5
Adenocarcinoma38.0
Non-specified NSCLC26.5
Large-cell carcinoma7.1
Condensed TNM
    Regionally advanced27.5
    Metastatic72.6

  • NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer; TNM, tumour mode metastasis.