Small cell lung cancer
Description
non-small cell lung carcinoma: A group of at least three distinct histological types of lung cancer, including non-small cell squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma. Non-small cell lung carcinomas have a poor response to conventional chemotherapy.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | C3_SCLC |
| Cancer reg: TOPOGRAPHY codes | C34 |
| Cancer reg: MORPHOLOGY codes | 8041 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | C |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 98 | 36 | 62 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 68.49 | 67.99 | 68.78 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 80.61 | 80.56 | 80.65 |