Zeitschrift für Pulmonologie und Atemwegserkrankungen

Abstrakt

Children and Adolescents in the United States with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Trends and Characteristics

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Background: A portion of cases with on-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) present at a youngish age (40 times), despite the fact that the median age at opinion of NSCLC is 70 times. Little is known regarding the temporal trends in NSCLC prevalence in youthful people, their traits, and issues.

Methods: Together NSCLC cases from 1978 to 2010, the surveillance, epidemiology, and end issues database was consulted. Annual prevalence rates were estimated for different age groups, ethnical groups, complaint spots, histologies, treatment rules, and results. We created Kaplan- Meyer survival angles with age-specific position.

Results: From 1978 to 2010, youthful cases made up0.6 of new cases of NSCLC. During this time, there was a considerable drop in the prevalence of youthful NSCLC. Youthful NSCLCs were more likely to have adenocarcinoma histology an advanced chance of women (Asians or Pacific Islanders (percent), and distant metastases when they were first diagnosed. Black race was a poor predictor of unborn health among the youthful, in discrepancy to the general population.

Conclusion: From 1978 to 2010, there was a decline in the frequence of NSCLC in youthful people. Youngish cases' clinical aspects of NSCLC, similar as demographic distribution, treatment, and prognostic, differ from those seen in aged cases.