Table 2.
Lung cancer prevalence
| Total # of Autopsies Examined | # Subclinical lung cancers diagnosed post-mortem (%) | # Lung cancers diagnosed post-mortem and COD | # Lung cancers diagnosed antemortem | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gezelius. 1988(16) | 7020 | 5 (0.07) | 12 | 8 |
| Suen 1974 (30) | 3535 | 47 (1.33) | 0* | 182 |
| Ishii 1979 (38, 39) | 1366 | 5 (0.37) | 0* | 120 |
| Murphy 1977 (27) | 1300 | 1 (0.08) | 0 | 2 |
| Imaida 1997 (37) | 871 | 23 (2.64) | NS | 50 |
| Hudak 2022 (33, 34) | 534 | 1 (0.19) | 0 | NS |
| Rosenblatt 1973 (28) | 466 | 0 (0) | 0 | 27 |
| Sens 2009 (29) | 412 | 4 (0.97) | 4 | 1* |
| Torbenson 2001 (31) | 375 | 2 (0.53) | 0* | 0* |
| Stanta 1997 (36) | 267 | 2 (0.75) | 1 | 0 |
| Burrows 1975(26) | 252 | 2 (1.40) | 0 | NS |
| Berezowska 2021(32) | 189 | 5 (0.07) | NS | 16 |
| Sclare 1991 (35) | 143 | 47 (1.33) | 0 | 2 |
NS = not specified, * indicates number calculated from paper