Application of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in the Screening of Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Nodules

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of individuals under investigation.

	Cancer ()	Benign ()	Normal ()	value
Type of lung cancer	Adenocarcinoma
Age, y	(32-82)	(23-77)	(25-84)	0.486
Sex				0.574
Male	23	34	26
Female	35	24	34
Pathological stage
c-stage IA	28	Nan	Nan
c-stage IB	15	Nan	Nan
c-stage IIA	10	Nan	Nan
c-stage IIB	5	Nan	Nan
Maximum nodules size, cm				0.735
Location				0.707
Upper lobe of a lung	35	31	Nan
Middle lobe of a lung	7	7	Nan
An inferior lobe of a lung	16	20	Nan