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Table 15.29

Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2007-2011
Males by Race
Histologya All Races White Black Asian/
Pacific Islander
American Indian
/Alaska Nativeb
Hispanicc
Rate Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
Carcinoma 63.6 120,359 99.7% 98,209 99.7% 14,094 99.8% 7,177 99.7% 402 99.3% 6,649 99.4%
Small cell (8002,8041-8045) 7.8 15,186 12.6% 13,078 13.3% 1,348 9.5% 659 9.2% 64 15.8% 769 11.5%
Non-small cell 53.6 101,107 83.8% 81,932 83.2% 12,198 86.3% 6,232 86.6% 325 80.2% 5,571 83.3%
Squamous and transitional celld 16.9 31,503 26.1% 26,077 26.5% 3,762 26.6% 1,424 19.8% 111 27.4% 1,489 22.3%
Adenocarcinomae 24.0 45,578 37.8% 36,429 37.0% 5,380 38.1% 3,471 48.2% 111 27.4% 2,620 39.2%
Large cellf 1.5 2,952 2.4% 2,384 2.4% 413 2.9% 136 1.9% - - 150 2.2%
Non-small cell carcinomag 8.5 16,069 13.3% 12,831 13.0% 2,139 15.1% 950 13.2% 80 19.8% 925 13.8%
Other specified carcinomash 2.6 5,005 4.1% 4,211 4.3% 504 3.6% 251 3.5% - - 387 5.8%
Carcinoma, NOSi 2.2 4,066 3.4% 3,199 3.2% 548 3.9% 286 4.0% - - 309 4.6%
j 0.1 227 0.2% 186 0.2% 23 0.2% - - - - 24 0.4%
k 0.1 114 0.1% 97 0.1% - - - - - - - -
Total 63.8 120,700 100.0% 98,492 100.0% 14,128 100.0% 7,195 100.0% 405 100.0% 6,687 100.0%

Footnotes:

Source: SEER 18 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey and Georgia excluding ATL/RG). Percents may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

a Excludes Kaposi Sarcoma, mesothelioma, lymphomas, leukemias, myelomas, lymphoreticular, and immunoproliferative diseases.

b Estimates for American Indian/Alaska Native are based on the CHSDA(Contract Health Service Delivery Area) counties.

c Hispanic is not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. Underlying incidence data for Hispanics are based on NHIA and exclude cases from the Alaska Native Registry.

d Squamous and transitional cell includes histologies 8051-8052, 8070-8076, 8078, 8083-8084, 8090, 8094, 8120, 8123.

e Adenocarcinoma includes histologies 8015, 8050, 8140-8141, 8143-8145, 8147, 8190, 8201, 8211, 8250-8255, 8260, 8290, 8310, 8320, 8323, 8333, 8401, 8440, 8470-8471, 8480-8481, 8490, 8503, 8507, 8550, 8570-8572, 8574, 8576.

f Large cell includes histologies 8012-8014, 8021, 8034, 8082.

g Non-small cell carcinoma includes histology 8046.

h Other specified carcinomas includes histologies 8003-8004, 8022, 8030, 8031-8033, 8035, 8200, 8240-8241, 8243-8246, 8249, 8430, 8525, 8560, 8562, 8575.

i Carcinoma, NOS includes histologies 8000-8001, 8010-8011, 8020, 8230.

j Sarcoma includes histologies 8680, 8711, 8800-8805, 8810-8811, 8815, 8824, 8830, 8840, 8852, 8855, 8890-8891, 8894-8895, 8900-8902, 8910, 8920-8921, 8940, 8990, 9040-9041, 9043, 9120, 9130, 9133, 9150, 9180, 9220, 9231, 9240, 9251, 9473, 9540, 9560, 9580.

k Other specific types includes melanomas and is defined as histologies 8580, 8650, 8720-8790, 8933, 8963, 8972-8973, 8980-8982, 9064-9065, 9070, 9080, 9084-9085, 9100, 9260, 9364, 9503, 9530.

Note: For this analysis, the following histolgies were classified as metastases of another primary site and not included: 8005, 8130, 8146, 8170, 8231, 8247, 8263, 8312, 8340-8341, 8350, 8441, 8460, 8500-8501, 8524, 8530, 8551, 8581, 8585, 8710, 8772, 8806, 8850, 8854, 8896, 8935, 9015, 9042, 9071, 9101, 9181, 9370, 9500, 9561, 9581

- Statistic not shown due to fewer than 16 cases during the time period.

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