Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Cancer Registry, 2015-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Due to late detection, patients have low survival rates. We aimed to examine lung cancer epidemiology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by computing standardised rates for the different regions of the country and across years.

Methods

We used the Saudi Cancer Registry data to conduct a retrospective study for all lung cancer cases diagnosed between 2015 and 2020. We identified cases using ICD-O-3 codes, with no exclusions by morphology. We followed the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results guidelines for staging. We analysed demographic and tumour characteristics and used mid-year population estimates from the General Authority for Statistics for standardisation. We then calculated age-sex standardise

SUBMITTER: AlOmar RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12678664 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature