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. 2021 May;9(10):836. doi: 10.21037/atm-21-298

Table 1. Demographics of patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer from 2008 to 2010.

Characteristic Total (N=74,754) Surgery only (N=6,393) Systemic therapy with surgery (N=8,365) Systemic therapy without surgery (N=29,775) No treatment (N=9,499) Refusal of any treatments P value
Female 23,054 (30.8%) 2,402 (37.6%) 2,455 (29.3%) 7,617 (25.6%) 3,182 (33.5%) 7,398 (35.7%) <0.01
Age 67.4±11.9 63.7±10.8 62.6±10.1 65.8±10.5 73.5±9.8 69.9±13.8 <0.01
Lung dx. year
   2008 24,457 (32.7%) 1,828 (28.6%) 2,732 (32.7%) 9,455 (31.8%) 3,247 (34.2%) 7,195 (34.7%)
   2009 24,543 (32.8%) 2,180 (34.1%) 2,695 (32.2%) 9,816 (33.0%) 3,070 (32.3%) 6,782 (32.7%)
   2010 25,754 (34.5%) 2,385 (37.3%) 2,938 (35.1%) 10,504 (35.3%) 3,182 (33.5%) 6,745 (32.5%)
CCI 8.5±3.8 7.1±3.9 9.8±3.7 9.9±3.2 11.0±2.3 5.2±2.6 <0.01
Chemotherapy 32,529 (43.5%) 0 (0.0%) 7,399 (88.5%) 25,130 (84.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) <0.01
Surgery 14,758 (19.7%) 6,393 (100.0%) 8,365 (100.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) <0.01
Radiotherapy 24,374 (32.6%) 0 (0.0%) 4,862 (58.1%) 19,512 (65.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) <0.01
Chemotherapy + surgery 18,763 (25.1%) 0 (0.0%) 3,896 (46.6%) 14,867 (49.9%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) <0.01
Chemotherapy + surgery 7,399 (9.9%) 0 (0.0%) 7,399 (88.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) <0.01
Surgery + radiotherapy 4,862 (6.5%) 0 (0.0%) 4,862 (58.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) <0.01
Overall follow-up (days) 926.7±961.8 1,965.7±829.3 1,593.8±884.0 583.9±653.7 325.3±593.8 1,104.9±1,074.6 <0.01
ICU admission 23,365 (31.3%) 4,410 (69.0%) 6,343 (75.8%) 7,127 (23.9%) 1,842 (19.4%) 3,643 (17.6%) <0.01
Overall mortality 57,840 (77.4%) 2,011 (31.5%) 4,698 (56.2%) 27,653 (92.9%) 9,049 (95.3%) 14,429 (69.6%) <0.01

CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; LOS, length of stay; ICU, intensive care unit; MV, mechanical ventilator; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.