Table 1 Demographics and clinicopathological characteristics of lung carcinoid tumors
All (N = 1956) | |
|---|---|
Age at diagnosis, years | |
< 60 | 952 (48.7%) |
≥ 60 | 1004 ((51.3%) |
Gender | |
Female | 1302 (66.6%) |
Male | 654 (33.4%) |
Race | |
White | 1745 (89.2%) |
Other | 211 (10.8%) |
Insurance | |
Yes | 1587 (81.1%) |
No | 369 (18.9%) |
Marital status | |
Married | 1140 (58.3%) |
Unmarried | 816 (41.7%) |
Primary site | |
Main bronchus | 108 (5.5%) |
Upper lobe, lung | 621 (31.7%) |
Middle lobe, lung | 337 (17.2%) |
Lower lobe, lung | 792 (40.5%) |
Overlapping lesion of lung | 37 (1.9%) |
Lung, NOS | 61 (3.2%) |
Grade | |
Well | 1451 (74.2%) |
Moderately/Poorly/Undifferentiated | 505 (25.8%) |
Laterality | |
Right | 1142 (58.4%) |
Other | 814 (46.4%) |
Historic Stage | |
Localized | 1389 (71.0%) |
Regional/Distant/Unstaged | 567 (29.0%) |
Histological type | |
Typical carcinoid | 1702 (87.0%) |
Atypical carcinoid | 254 (13.0%) |
T stage | |
T1 | 1133 (57.9%) |
T2-T4 | 823 (42.1%) |
N stage | |
N0 | 1622 (83.0%) |
N1-N3 | 334 (17.0%) |
M stage | |
M0 | 1814 (92.7%) |
M1 | 142 (7.3%) |
Surgery | |
No | 225 (11.5%) |
Lobectomy | 1235 (63.1%) |
Local | 119 (6.1%) |
Wedge | 264 (13.5%) |
Pneumonectomy | 103 (5.3%) |
NOS | 10 (0.5%) |
Radiation | |
No | 1847 (94.4%) |
Yes | 109 (5.6%) |
Chemotherapy | |
No | 1843 (94.2%) |
Yes | 113 (5.8%) |
Radiation after surgery | |
No | 1898 (97.0%) |
Yes | 58 (3.0%) |
Tumor size | |
< 20 mm | 841 (43.0%) |
20–40 mm | 873 (44.6%) |
> 40 mm | 242 (12.4%) |