Table 2.
Symptom description by stage and number of symptoms present at diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer*
| Symptoms at diagnosis | Not present | Stage at diagnosis | ||||
| I | II | III | IV | P for trend | ||
| Cough | 5723 (67.0) | 158 (1.8) | 208 (2.4) | 919 (10.7) | 1533 (17.9) | <0.001 |
| Pain | 6203 (72.6) | 88 (1.0) | 131 (1.5) | 535 (6.3) | 1584 (18.5) | <0.001 |
| Dyspnoea | 6352 (74.4) | 121 (1.4) | 133 (1.5) | 620 (7.2) | 1315 (15.4) | <0.001 |
| Haemoptysis | 7561 (88.5) | 58 (0.6) | 99 (1.1) | 399 (4.7) | 424 (5.0) | <0.001 |
| Weight loss | 6778 (79.4) | 41 (0,5) | 83 (1.0) | 466 (5.4) | 1173 (13.7) | <0.001 |
| Anorexia | 8059 (94.4) | 11 (0.1) | 27 (0.3) | 121 (1.4) | 323 (3.4) | <0.001 |
| Asthenia | 7767 (90.9) | 28 (0.3) | 48 (0.6) | 194 (2.3) | 504 (5.9) | <0.001 |
| Superior vena cava syndrome | 8517 (99.7) | 0 | 0 | 11 (0.1) | 13 (0.2) | 0.419 |
| Aphonia or voice alterations | 8304 (97.2) | 5 (0.0) | 14 (0.2) | 77 (0.9) | 141 (1.6) | 0.004 |
|
Number of symptoms 0 1 2 3 4 or more |
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a | 489 (59.3) 202 (24.5) 102 (12.4) 23 (2.8) 5 (1.0) |
307 (42.5) 201 (27.8) 131 (18.1) 63 (8.7) 21 (2.9) |
724 (30.2) 669 (27.9) 538 (22.5) 304 (12.7) 159 (6.6) |
1276 (27.7) 1300 (28.3) 983 (21.4) 625 (13.6) 416 (9.0) |
<0.001 0.127 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 |
*Tumours with unknown status excluded.