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Table 15.29

Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2009-2013
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 59.8 119,450 99.7% 96,638 99.7% 14,244 99.7% 7,693 99.7% 417 99.5% 6,884 99.4%
Small cell (8002,8041-8045) 7.3 14,892 12.4% 12,743 13.1% 1,352 9.5% 692 9.0% 64 15.3% 762 11.0%
Non-small cell 50.5 100,721 84.1% 80,913 83.5% 12,344 86.4% 6,728 87.2% 339 80.9% 5,813 83.9%
Squamous and transitional celld 16.6 32,725 27.3% 27,037 27.9% 3,904 27.3% 1,537 19.9% 131 31.3% 1,609 23.2%
Adenocarcinomae 24.5 49,117 41.0% 38,679 39.9% 6,001 42.0% 4,100 53.2% 135 32.2% 2,995 43.2%
Large cellf 1.1 2,343 2.0% 1,893 2.0% 331 2.3% 106 1.4% - - 126 1.8%
Non-small cell carcinomag 5.6 11,233 9.4% 8,847 9.1% 1,574 11.0% 709 9.2% 57 13.6% 693 10.0%
Other specified carcinomash 2.6 5,303 4.4% 4,457 4.6% 534 3.7% 276 3.6% - - 390 5.6%
Carcinoma, NOSi 2.0 3,837 3.2% 2,982 3.1% 548 3.8% 273 3.5% - - 309 4.5%
Sarcomaj 0.1 254 0.2% 212 0.2% 26 0.2% - - - - 30 0.4%
Other specified typesk 0.1 124 0.1% 104 0.1% - - - - - - - -
Total 59.9 119,828 100.0% 96,954 100.0% 14,284 100.0% 7,713 100.0% 419 100.0% 6,926 100.0%

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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