TABLE 1.

Patient demographics and survival results

Characteristics
Average age at diagnosis, years	66.5 (range 14 to 93, SD 11)
Male, %	55
Frequency of type of lung cancer by stage, % (two-year survival, %)
Nonsmall cell lung cancer*	74 (overall 26)
I	15 (83)
II	6 (63)
IIIa	10 (28)
IIIb	23 (14)
IV	37 (3)
Small cell lung cancer	17 (overall 10)
Limited stage	33 (22)
Extensive stage	64 (4)
Other†	9 (overall 13)

Total n=611 (58 excluded from economic analysis due to insufficient data).

^*Nonsmall cell lung cancer includes adenocarcinoma, squamous cell, large cell and bronchoalveolar carcinomas;

^†Other includes mucoepidermoid, carcinoid, unspecified carcinoma and unspecified cancer