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Table 15.28
Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus (Invasive)
Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2013-2017
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 | 47.8 | 319,082 | 99.8% | 261,850 | 99.8% | 34,890 | 99.8% | 19,767 | 99.8% | 1,089 | 99.8% | 19,717 | 99.5% |
| Small cell (8002,8041-8045) | 5.9 | 39,968 | 12.5% | 34,951 | 13.3% | 3,409 | 9.7% | 1,335 | 6.7% | 153 | 14.0% | 2,029 | 10.2% |
| Non-small cell | 40.5 | 269,735 | 84.3% | 219,330 | 83.6% | 30,289 | 86.6% | 17,918 | 90.4% | 886 | 81.2% | 17,018 | 85.9% |
| Squamous and transitional celld | 10.9 | 72,205 | 22.6% | 60,448 | 23.0% | 8,247 | 23.6% | 2,876 | 14.5% | 326 | 29.9% | 3,818 | 19.3% |
| Adenocarcinomae | 24.1 | 161,224 | 50.4% | 128,729 | 49.0% | 17,900 | 51.2% | 13,318 | 67.2% | 450 | 41.2% | 10,664 | 53.8% |
| Large cellf | 0.6 | 4,150 | 1.3% | 3,361 | 1.3% | 583 | 1.7% | 183 | 0.9% | - | - | 226 | 1.1% |
| Non-small cell carcinomag | 2.2 | 14,719 | 4.6% | 11,919 | 4.5% | 1,909 | 5.5% | 765 | 3.9% | 56 | 5.1% | 929 | 4.7% |
| Other specified carcinomash | 2.6 | 17,437 | 5.5% | 14,873 | 5.7% | 1,650 | 4.7% | 776 | 3.9% | 46 | 4.2% | 1,381 | 7.0% |
| Carcinoma, NOSi | 1.4 | 9,379 | 2.9% | 7,569 | 2.9% | 1,192 | 3.4% | 514 | 2.6% | 50 | 4.6% | 670 | 3.4% |
| Sarcomaj | 0.1 | 496 | 0.2% | 413 | 0.2% | 47 | 0.1% | 30 | 0.2% | - | - | 68 | 0.3% |
| Other specified typesk | 0.0 | 269 | 0.1% | 217 | 0.1% | 34 | 0.1% | 16 | 0.1% | - | - | 28 | 0.1% |
| Total | 47.9 | 319,847 | 100.0% | 262,480 | 100.0% | 34,971 | 100.0% | 19,813 | 100.0% | 1,091 | 100.0% | 19,813 | 100.0% |
Footnotes:
Source: SEER 21 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, Georgia excluding ATL/RG, Idaho, New York and Massachusetts). 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 Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area (PRCDA) 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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