In the clinical characterization of the sample,
the authors observed a large number of patients who
smoked or were ex-smokers (83%). The disease was
detected at an advanced stage in 53% of the patients.
In the evaluation of the Karnofsky Scale, there was an
average decline of four points over the course of the
treatment. Regarding the chemotherapy treatment, 53%
of the patients responded to the treatment, and due to
the good Performance Status of this sample’s patients,
the most-used chemotherapy protocol was Cisplatin +
Gemcitabine (63%). During the study, 63.3% of the
patients died, showing the disease’s high lethality. The
median survival was 10.5 months.