Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Clinicopathologic Features and Survival Outcomes in Asian Pacific Islanders Residing in the United States: A SEER Analysis
Table 2
Baseline treatment characteristics of the racial/ethnic racial cohorts among the AJCC stages.
NHW (28649)
Hispanics (1588)
Blacks (3062)
API (1815)
%
%
%
%
AJCC stage I
Radiation ( < 0.01)
Radiation not received
23652
82.6
1385
87.2*
2450
80.8*
1601
88.2*
Radiation received
4666
16.3
194
12.2*
578
18.9*
200
11
Unknown
331
1.2
9
0.6*
34
1.1
14
0.8
Cancer directed surgery ( < 0.01)
Not performed
6961
24.3
389
24.5
1033
33.7*
354
19.5*
Performed
21582
75.6
1197
75.4
2012
65.7*
1459
80.4*
Reason for no surgery ( < 0.05)a
Died
21
0.3
1
0.3
3
0.3
0
0
Not recommended
6014
86.3
328
84.3
873
84.5
294
83.1
Patient refusal
450
6.4
28
7.1
81
7.8
41
11.6*
Unknown
582
8.4
34
8.7
93
9
21
5.9
NHW (21121)
Hispanics (1345)
Blacks (3150)
API (1481)
%
%
%
%
AJCC stage II
Radiation ( < 0.01)
Radiation not received
13590
64.3
941
70.0*
1954
62.0*
1075
72.6*
Radiation received
7159
33.9
384
28.6*
1144
36.3*
392
26.5*
Unknown
372
1.8
20
1.5
52
1.7
14
0.9*
Cancer directed surgery ( < 0.01)
Not performed
11083
52.7
743
55.3
2038
64.9*
818
55.3*
Performed
9937
47.3
601
44.7
1101
35.1*
661
44.7*
Reason for no surgery ( < 0.05)a
Died
37
0.3
5
0.7
8
0.4
2
0.2
Not recommended
10089
91
672
90.4
1826
89.6*
760
92.9*
Patient refusal
308
3.1
21
2.8
56
2.7
28
3.4
Unknown
750
6.7
46
6.1
159
7.8
30
3.7*
NHW (26949)
Hispanics (1798)
Blacks (4610)
API (1983)
%
%
%
%
AJCC stage III
Radiation ( < 0.01)
Radiation not received
11542
42.8
908
50.5*
1885
40.9*
955
48.2*
Radiation received
14909
55.3
867
48.2*
2641
57.3*
1002
50.5*
Unknown
498
1.8
23
1.3
84
1.8
26
1.3*
Cancer directed surgery ( < 0.01)
Not performed
22228
83
1448
80.6*
4037
88.0*
1577
79.6*
Performed
4562
17
349
19.4*
548
12.0*
403
20.4*
Reason for no surgery ( < 0.01)a
Died
52
0.2
1
0
9
0.2
2
0.1
Not recommended
20685
93.1
1353
93.4
3713
92.0*
1504
95.4*
Patient refusal
353
1.6
20
1.4
53
1.3
21
1.3
Unknown
1297
5.8
75
5.2
287
7.1*
53
3.7*
NHW (68745)
Hispanics (5619)
Blacks (11703)
API (6246)
%
%
%
%
AJCC stage IV
Radiation ( < 0.01)
Radiation not received
37450
54.5
3356
59.7*
6285
53.7
3628
58.1*
Radiation received
30306
44.1
2195
39.1*
5259
44.9
2562
41.0*
Unknown
989
1.4
68
1.2
159
1.4
56
0.9*
Cancer directed surgery ( < 0.01)
Not performed
65265
95.5
5399
96.2*
11233
96.5*
6014
96.4*
Performed
3107
4.5
213
3.8*
410
3.5*
222
3.6*
Reason for no surgery ( < 0.01)a
Died
141
0.2
14
0.3
28
0.3
14
0.2
Not recommended
61220
93.8
5112
94.7*
10331
92*
5796
96.3*
Patient refusal
766
1.2
41
0.8*
138
1.2
58
0.9
Unknown
3511
5.4
239
4.4*
796
7.1*
156
2.6*
< 0.05 using test when c/w NHW; aFisher’s exact test was used to test difference among the races. : frequency; : value; %, percentage; API: Asian Pacific Islanders; NHW: non-Hispanic whites.
