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Table 2 Median overall survival, survival rates, and conditional 1-year survival probabilities, by year of diagnosis cohort

From: Long-term survival trends in patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy and radiation therapy: a SEER cancer registry analysis

 

Year of diagnosis cohort

2000–2002

(n = 2380)

2003–2005

(n = 2808)

2006–2008

(n = 2926)

2009–2011

(n = 2881)

2012–2013

(n = 1870)

Deaths, n (%)

2308 (97.0)

2676 (95.3)

2591 (88.6)

2287 (79.4)

1037 (55.4)

Patients censored, n (%)

72 (3.0)

132 (4.7)

335 (11.4)

594 (20.6)

833 (44.5)

Median OS (95% CI), months

12 (12–13)

14 (13–15)

15 (15–16)

18 (17–19)

19 (18–20)

1-year survival (95% CI), %

49.2

(47.2–51.2)

54.9

(53.1–56.8)

57.4

(55.6–59.2)

63.3

(61.5–65.0)

64.5

(62.5–66.8)

3-year survival (95% CI), %

17.8

(16.2–19.3)

20.8

(19.2–22.3)

25.3

(23.8–26.9)

28.0

(26.3–29.6)

5-year survival (95% CI), %

10.6

(9.4–11.8)

12.3

(11.0–13.4)

16.2

(14.9–17.5)

17.3

(15.7–18.9)

10-year survival (95% CI), %

4.1

(3.3–4.9)

4.8

(4.0–5.6)

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Conditional 1-year survival probability (95% CI) after surviving …, %

 Year 0

49.2

(47.2–51.2)

54.9

(53.1–56.8)

57.4

(55.6–59.2)

63.3

(61.5–65.0)

64.5

(62.5–66.8)

 Year 1*

52.7

(49.9–55.6)

56.1

(53.7–58.6)

60.5

(58.2–62.8)

61.2

(59.0–63.4)

63.4

(60.1–66.7)

 Year 2

68.4

(68.0–68.8)

67.3

(64.1–70.4)

73.0

(70.3–75.7)

72.2

(69.6–74.9)

 Year 3

73.0

(68.7–77.2)

73.8

(70.3–77.4)

78.4

(75.4–81.4)

78.3

(75.1–81.4)

 Year 4§

81.8

(77.4–86.1)

80.0

(76.2–83.7)

81.6

(78.4–84.8)

79.1

(74.3–83.8)

  1. *1-year survival probability conditional on surviving year 1
  2. 1-year survival probability conditional on surviving year 2
  3. 1-year survival probability conditional on surviving year 3
  4. §1-year survival probability conditional on surviving year 4
  5. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval; OS Overall survival