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Table 5.

Three-Year Lung Cancer-Specific and Overall Survival Rates by PN and LDCT Scan Status in the Lung Cancer Cohort

Survival Statistic and Stage PN-Only Group LDCT Scan Group Reference Group
Lung cancer-specific survival
 All 75.0 (73.6-76.3) 75.6 (70.5-80.0) 49.4 (48.7-50.1)
 SEER Program stage
 Localized 89.7 (88.2-90.9) 91.9 (88.5-94.3) 82.4 (81.3-83.5)
 Regional 70.1 (66.9-73.1) 75.1 (64.7-82.8) 58.7 (57.2-60.1)
 Distant 36.8 (33.0-40.7) 33.9 (21.6-46.7) 26.6 (25.6-27.7)
 TNM stage
 I 84.9 (82.9-86.7) 88.9 (84.1-92.4) 79.2 (77.7-80.5)
 II 68.5 (61.7-74.3) 72.2 (56.0-83.3) 56.8 (53.9-59.6)
 III 44.6 (39.0-50.0) 51.8 (38.3-63.8) 36.7 (34.9-38.5)
 IV 19.5 (15.6-23.7) 19.4 (8.3-34.1) 12.6 (11.7-13.6)
Overall survival
 All 58.2 (56.7-59.7) 59.7 (54.4-64.6) 31.7 (31.1-32.3)
 SEER stage
 Localized 75.2 (73.3-76.9) 81.0 (76.0-85.1) 64.6 (63.2-65.9)
 Regional 54.3 (51.1-57.3) 54.8 (43.8-64.5) 42.0 (40.7-43.3)
 Distant 20.5 (17.8-23.3) 19.3 (11.6-28.4) 13.4 (12.8-14.1)
 TNM stage
 I 71.2 (69.5-74.0) 80.0 (74.2-84.8) 63.8 (62.1-65.3)
 II 56.2 (49.6-62.2) 60.3 (39.1-76.3) 45.2 (42.4-47.9)
 III 34.8 (29.9-39.7) 39.1 (26.3-51.7) 28.6 (27.0-30.2)
 IV 11.4 (8.6-14.7) 16.0 (6.9-28.6) 8.6 (7.9-9.3)

Data are presented as rate (95% CI). LDCT = low-dose CT; PN = pulmonary nodule; SEER = Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results.