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Table 3 1-year, 5-year relative survival, and median survival by groups for patients diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018–2022 in Norway

From: Distribution and characteristics of malignant tumours by lung lobe

 

1-year RS (95%CI)

5-year RS (95%CI)

Median survival (95%CI)

All

61.2 (60.4–62.1)

33.7 (32.7–34.7)

20.1 (19.1–21.0)

Side

   

 Right

61.2 (60.1–62.4)

34.6 (33.2–35.9)

20.6 (19.1–22.0)

 Left

61.2 (59.9–62.5)

32.5 (31.0-34.1)

19.6 (18.4–20.8)

Lobe

   

 RUL

61.1 (59.6–62.7)

34.1 (32.3–35.9)

20.8 (18.5–22.6)

 LUL

60.4 (58.7–62.1)

31.6 (29.8–33.6)

18.8 (17.1–20.3)

 RML

62.7 (59.0-66.6)

36.5 (32.0-41.5)

20.4 (16.3–25.5)

 RLL

61.2 (59.3–63.1)

34.9 (32.7–37.2)

20.5 (18.6–22.6)

 LLL

62.5 (60.4–64.7)

33.9 (31.5–36.5)

20.8 (18.8–23.0)

Upper lobes / Lower lobes

   

 Upper

60.8 (59.7–61.9)

33.0 (31.7–34.3)

19.5 (18.4–20.9)

 Lower

61.9 (60.6–63.2)

34.7 (33.2–36.4)

20.7 (19.1–22.0)

Sex

   

 Female

65.3 (64.1–66.5)

37.7 (36.3–39.2)

25.3 (23.7–27.0)

 Male

57.3 (56.1–58.5)

29.7 (28.4–31.1)

15.9 (14.9–16.8)

cTNM

   

 I

93.4 (92.4–94.4)

68.5 (66.1–71.0)

82.7 (77.3–87.3)

 II

82.6 (80.2–85.1)

49.9 (46.0-54.2)

47.0 (40.8–53.4)

 III

65.2 (63.1–67.2)

25.2 (23.0-27.6)

18.9 (17.8–20.1)

 IV

31.4 (30.1–32.7)

7.8 (6.8-9.0)

6.1 (5.7–6.4)

 Unknown

57.0 (51.2–63.4)

27.1 (21.6–34.0)

12.0 (9.3–15.6)

Histology

   

 AC

69.4 (68.2–70.7)

41.5 (39.9–43.3)

31.3 (29.4–33.6)

 SCC

64.2 (62.3–66.1)

34.8 (32.7–37.0)

21.5 (19.3–23.5)

 NSCLC, NOS

42.4 (39.0-46.1)

18.4 (15.2–22.1)

7.8 (6.9–9.5)

 Large-cell

49.6 (41.4–59.3)

25.8 (19.2–34.7)

12.0 (7.8–17.6)

 SCLC

36.9 (34.5–39.6)

8.9 (7.4–10.7)

8.3 (7.7-9.0)

 Carcinoid

97.9 (95.0-100.9)

90.7 (82.1-100.1)

NA

 Other

60.3 (53.5–68.0)

34.7 (26.4–45.7)

27.4 (16.3–38.0)

EGFR

   

 Not tested

59.9 (55.8–64.2)

43.6 (39.3–48.3)

15.3 (14.1–16.2)

 Positive

84.4 (81.3–87.7)

46.8 (41.1–53.2)

42.4 (36.0-49.4)

 Negative

69.0 (67.6–70.5)

40.2 (38.2–42.2)

26.8 (25.4–28.8)

 Unknown

67.9 (60.0-76.8)

44.6 (36.0-55.4)

30.4 (17.4–44.5)

  1. Abbreviations: AC: adenocarcinoma, CI: confidence interval, EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor, LLL: left lower lobe, LUL: left upper lobe, NA: not available, NSCLC NOS: non-small cell lung cancer not otherwise specified, RLL: right lower lobe, RML: right middle lobe, RS: relative survival, RUL: right upper lobe, SCC: squamous cell cancer, SCLC: small cell lung cancer