Trends in the Incidence and Survival Outcomes in Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer in the United States: An Analysis of the SEER Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been a lack of updated epidemiological data on the incidence and survival outcomes for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in the United States over the last two decades.

Methods

A retrospective, population-based study was conducted utilizing the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program to identify patients with SCLC from 2000 to 2020. Trends in cancer incidence, incidence-based mortality rates, 1-year relative survival rates and 1-year observed survival were evaluated utilizing the SEER database.

Results

The database identified a total of 188,426 SCLC patients during the study period from 2000 through 2020. The age-adjusted incidence rate slowly declined, on average, by 3% (95% CI: -3.2% to -2.8%) each year from 9 per 10

SUBMITTER: Uprety D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11797299 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature