Table 3.
Cancer treatments among NSCLC patients diagnosed between 1987 and 2012, the ACTUR and SEER registries
| Variables | Surgery (Stages I and II) | Radiation (Stages III and IV) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | No Surgery | Adjusted OR (95% CI)* | Radiation | No Radiation | Adjusted OR (95% CI)* | |
| Overall | ||||||
| SEER | 16430 | 3692 | 1.00 (ref) | 21504 | 15154 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 4891 | 876 | 1.41 (1.28 to 1.55) | 5099 | 3217 | 1.09 (1.03 to 1.15) |
| By Age | ||||||
| <50 | ||||||
| SEER | 975 | 91 | 1.00 (ref) | 2111 | 1001 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 297 | 23 | 1.34 (1.14 to 1.58) | 478 | 215 | 1.13 (0.92 to 1.38) |
| 50–64 | ||||||
| SEER | 7071 | 1112 | 1.00 (ref) | 10259 | 6068 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 2096 | 266 | 1.35 (1.15 to 1.58) | 2437 | 1263 | 1.09 (1.01 to 1.19) |
| 65–80 | ||||||
| SEER | 7751 | 1996 | 1.00 (ref) | 8265 | 6897 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 2286 | 443 | 1.46 (1.28 to 1.66) | 1975 | 1482 | 1.08 (0.99 to 1.17) |
| >80 | ||||||
| SEER | 633 | 493 | 1.00 (ref) | 869 | 1188 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 212 | 144 | 1.42 (1.05 to 1.91) | 209 | 257 | 1.03 (0.82 to 1.30) |
| By Sex | ||||||
| Male | ||||||
| SEER | 10214 | 2527 | 1.00 (ref) | 14780 | 10256 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 3064 | 582 | 1.50 (1.34 to 1.69) | 3570 | 2190 | 1.10 (1.03 to 1.18) |
| Female | ||||||
| SEER | 6216 | 1165 | 1.00 (ref) | 6724 | 4898 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 1827 | 294 | 1.24 (1.05 to 1.46) | 1529 | 1027 | 1.05 (0.95 to 1.17) |
| By Race | ||||||
| White | ||||||
| SEER | 14298 | 3080 | 1.00 (ref) | 17820 | 12435 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 4151 | 751 | 1.30 (1.17 to 1.44) | 4229 | 2662 | 1.09 (1.02 to 1.16) |
| Black | ||||||
| SEER | 1277 | 457 | 1.00 (ref) | 2517 | 1711 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 458 | 75 | 2.65 (1.95 to 3.62) | 584 | 351 | 1.04 (0.89 to 1.22) |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | ||||||
| SEER | 813 | 144 | 1.00 (ref) | 1106 | 921 | 1.00 (ref) |
| ACTUR | 262 | 42 | 1.35 (0.86 to 2.13) | 270 | 189 | 1.31 (1.02 to 1.67) |
Adjusted for tumor stage, tumor grade, and region at diagnosis.
OR, Odds Ratio
CI, Confidence Interval