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Table 15.28

Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2010-2014
Both Sexes 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 49.2 226,536 99.7% 185,073 99.7% 25,714 99.8% 14,106 99.8% 768 99.5% 13,329 99.5%
Small cell (8002,8041-8045) 6.3 29,654 13.1% 25,769 13.9% 2,654 10.3% 1,023 7.2% 125 16.2% 1,395 10.4%
Non-small cell 41.5 190,304 83.8% 154,056 83.0% 22,207 86.2% 12,658 89.5% 620 80.3% 11,446 85.4%
Squamous and transitional celld 11.6 52,719 23.2% 43,884 23.6% 6,216 24.1% 2,199 15.6% 231 29.9% 2,620 19.6%
Adenocarcinomae 23.0 105,863 46.6% 84,119 45.3% 12,164 47.2% 8,864 62.7% 279 36.1% 6,712 50.1%
Large cellf 0.8 3,725 1.6% 3,057 1.6% 495 1.9% 155 1.1% - - 174 1.3%
Non-small cell carcinomag 3.5 16,205 7.1% 12,914 7.0% 2,220 8.6% 928 6.6% 72 9.3% 1,029 7.7%
Other specified carcinomash 2.6 11,792 5.2% 10,082 5.4% 1,112 4.3% 512 3.6% 31 4.0% 911 6.8%
Carcinoma, NOSi 1.4 6,578 2.9% 5,248 2.8% 853 3.3% 425 3.0% 23 3.0% 488 3.6%
Sarcomaj 0.1 417 0.2% 344 0.2% 42 0.2% 24 0.2% - - 51 0.4%
Other specified typesk 0.0 200 0.1% 169 0.1% 21 0.1% - - - - - -
Total 49.4 227,153 100.0% 185,586 100.0% 25,777 100.0% 14,140 100.0% 772 100.0% 13,395 100.0%

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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