Table 2 Association between the prognostic characteristics and 5-year survival rate in lung cancer subjects
From: Important prognostic factors for the long-term survival of lung cancer subjects in Taiwan
Characteristics | Lung cancer death (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Males (N = 12658) | Females (N = 4571) | pValuea | |
All subjects | 21.3 | 23.6 | < 0.0001 |
Period of diagnosis (years) | |||
1987–1990 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 0.3917 |
1991–1994 | 19.7 | 23.2 | < 0.0001 |
p Value a | < 0.0001 | 0.6865 | |
Diagnostic age (years) | |||
<= 39 | 30.9 | 34.5 | 0.5380 |
40–49 | 27.0 | 25.0 | 0.7519 |
50–59 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 0.2629 |
60–69 | 21.3 | 22.9 | 0.1300 |
>= 70 | 20.1 | 23.3 | 0.0011 |
p Value a | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | |
Residence area | |||
Aboriginal community | 29.6 | 17.3 | 0.1060 |
Hakka community | 21.7 | 21.8 | 0.5235 |
Hokkien community | 21.5 | 23.8 | < 0.001 |
p Value a | 0.0578 | 0.2972 | |
Histological types | |||
SQCC | 21.5 | 22.5 | 0.9190 |
Adenocarcinoma | 18.8 | 19.5 | 0.0073 |
SCC | 14.2 | 15.9 | 0.1058 |
LCC | 17.8 | 18.0 | 0.7648 |
Carcinoma, NOS | 18.2 | 18.8 | 0.0534 |
Other carcinoma | 34.2 | 38.1 | 0.0012 |
p Value a | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | |
Treatment modality | |||
Surgery resection | 37.4 | 42.3 | 0.0001 |
RT | 15.3 | 14.5 | 0.4353 |
CT | 15.3 | 15.8 | 0.2509 |
ST | 23.3 | 24.7 | 0.0094 |
Other complex therapy | 18.4 | 13.7 | 0.5387 |
Unknown therapy | 20.2 | 22.3 | 0.0087 |
p Value a | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | |