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Table 15.29

Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2013-2017
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 54.0 161,700 99.7% 130,845 99.7% 18,645 99.8% 10,935 99.8% 521 99.8% 10,085 99.5%
Small cell (8002,8041-8045) 6.3 19,443 12.0% 16,658 12.7% 1,693 9.1% 952 8.7% 77 14.8% 1,051 10.4%
Non-small cell 46.0 137,085 84.6% 110,067 83.9% 16,269 87.1% 9,672 88.2% 416 79.7% 8,664 85.5%
Squamous and transitional celld 14.9 44,189 27.3% 36,643 27.9% 5,052 27.0% 2,118 19.3% 184 35.2% 2,363 23.3%
Adenocarcinomae 24.9 74,619 46.0% 58,655 44.7% 8,949 47.9% 6,477 59.1% 172 33.0% 5,079 50.1%
Large cellf 0.8 2,357 1.5% 1,862 1.4% 353 1.9% 128 1.2% - - 137 1.4%
Non-small cell carcinomag 2.8 8,320 5.1% 6,580 5.0% 1,151 6.2% 517 4.7% 34 6.5% 497 4.9%
Other specified carcinomash 2.5 7,600 4.7% 6,327 4.8% 764 4.1% 432 3.9% 23 4.4% 588 5.8%
Carcinoma, NOSi 1.8 5,172 3.2% 4,120 3.1% 683 3.7% 311 2.8% 28 5.4% 370 3.7%
Sarcomaj 0.1 297 0.2% 252 0.2% 24 0.1% 17 0.2% - - 35 0.3%
Other specified typesk 0.0 133 0.1% 104 0.1% 20 0.1% - - - - - -
Total 54.2 162,130 100.0% 131,201 100.0% 18,689 100.0% 10,960 100.0% 522 100.0% 10,131 100.0%

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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