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Table 15.30

Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2009-2013
Females 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 43.7 107,469 99.8% 89,234 99.8% 11,414 99.8% 6,072 99.7% 361 98.6% 6,274 99.5%
Small cell (8002,8041-8045) 6.1 15,033 14.0% 13,217 14.8% 1,340 11.7% 356 5.8% 71 19.4% 670 10.6%
Non-small cell 36.5 89,461 83.0% 73,577 82.3% 9,738 85.1% 5,544 91.0% 277 75.7% 5,390 85.5%
Squamous and transitional celld 8.1 19,539 18.1% 16,548 18.5% 2,255 19.7% 594 9.8% 90 24.6% 948 15.0%
Adenocarcinomae 21.6 53,246 49.4% 43,068 48.1% 5,596 48.9% 4,253 69.8% 130 35.5% 3,361 53.3%
Large cellf 0.7 1,809 1.7% 1,507 1.7% 227 2.0% 64 1.1% - - 87 1.4%
Non-small cell carcinomag 3.5 8,589 8.0% 7,012 7.8% 1,105 9.7% 398 6.5% 35 9.6% 502 8.0%
Other specified carcinomash 2.6 6,278 5.8% 5,442 6.1% 555 4.9% 235 3.9% - - 492 7.8%
Carcinoma, NOSi 1.2 2,975 2.8% 2,440 2.7% 336 2.9% 172 2.8% - - 214 3.4%
Sarcomaj 0.1 193 0.2% 157 0.2% 18 0.2% - - - - 23 0.4%
Other specified typesk 0.0 73 0.1% 58 0.1% - - - - - - - -
Total 43.8 107,735 100.0% 89,449 100.0% 11,442 100.0% 6,089 100.0% 366 100.0% 6,303 100.0%

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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