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Table 15.29

Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2010-2014
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 57.7 118,770 99.7% 95,840 99.7% 14,190 99.7% 7,874 99.8% 413 99.5% 6,966 99.4%
Small cell (8002,8041-8045) 7.0 14,762 12.4% 12,629 13.1% 1,345 9.5% 687 8.7% 63 15.2% 721 10.3%
Non-small cell 48.9 100,280 84.2% 80,296 83.5% 12,323 86.6% 6,927 87.8% 337 81.2% 5,956 85.0%
Squamous and transitional celld 16.2 32,888 27.6% 27,126 28.2% 3,914 27.5% 1,590 20.1% 134 32.3% 1,638 23.4%
Adenocarcinomae 24.6 50,719 42.6% 39,761 41.4% 6,248 43.9% 4,366 55.3% 141 34.0% 3,225 46.0%
Large cellf 1.0 2,087 1.8% 1,674 1.7% 303 2.1% 99 1.3% - - 104 1.5%
Non-small cell carcinomag 4.4 9,198 7.7% 7,213 7.5% 1,312 9.2% 595 7.5% 42 10.1% 583 8.3%
Other specified carcinomash 2.6 5,388 4.5% 4,522 4.7% 546 3.8% 277 3.5% 18 4.3% 406 5.8%
Carcinoma, NOSi 1.9 3,728 3.1% 2,915 3.0% 522 3.7% 260 3.3% - - 289 4.1%
Sarcomaj 0.1 251 0.2% 210 0.2% 27 0.2% - - - - 32 0.5%
Other specified typesk 0.1 121 0.1% 102 0.1% - - - - - - - -
Total 57.9 119,142 100.0% 96,152 100.0% 14,230 100.0% 7,891 100.0% 415 100.0% 7,007 100.0%

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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