Metastatic patterns and prognosis of young lung cancer patients: a population-based study by age.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to examine the different metastatic patterns and corresponding survival outcomes between all ages of young (aged <60 years) and elderly lung cancer patients.

Methods

Lung cancer patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database between 2010 and 2015 were divided into a young and elderly group. The young group was subdivided into four consecutive subgroups. Baseline characteristics were analyzed by the Chi-square test. Survival differences were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazards models.

Results

Of the total 200,362 lung cancer patients, 155,348 were elderly patients and 45,014 were young patients, including 3,461 aged <45 years, 5,697 aged 45-49 years, 13,645 aged 50-54 years, and 22,211 aged 55

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350622 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature