Lung cancer among women in France.: Analysis of the 904 French women with lung cancer included in the KBP-2000-CPHG study of the French College of General Hospital-based Pneumologists (CPHG)

As the incidence of primary lung cancer in women seems to be increasing in parallel with that of smoking, we conducted an exhaustive epidemiological study in 137 hospitals in 2000. We identified 904 women with proven primary lung cancer (mean age 63.9 years), many of whom have never smoked (32.3%),...

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Published in:Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2004-09, Vol.45 (3), p.279-287
Main Authors: Grivaux, Michel, Breton, Jean Luc, Bombaron, Pierre, Kuntz, Pierre, Lebas, François Xavier, Mehdaoui, Anas, Herman, Dominique, David, Philippe, Berruchon, Jacques, Delclaux, Bertrand, Zureik, Mahmoud, Blanchon, François
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - epidemiology
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - pathology
Carcinoma, Small Cell - epidemiology
Carcinoma, Small Cell - pathology
Epidemiologic Studies
Epidemiology
Female
France - epidemiology
Hospitals - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Lung cancer
Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology
Lung Neoplasms - pathology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Pneumology
Prognosis
Smoking
Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
Women
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Summary:As the incidence of primary lung cancer in women seems to be increasing in parallel with that of smoking, we conducted an exhaustive epidemiological study in 137 hospitals in 2000. We identified 904 women with proven primary lung cancer (mean age 63.9 years), many of whom have never smoked (32.3%), particularly in cases of adenocarcinoma (43.4%). Small cell cancer accounted for 16.1% of cases. Adenocarcinomas were the most frequent (45.3%) of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), followed by squamous cell (23.4%), large cell (11.6%) and bronchoalveolar (1.9%) carcinomas. About one third (32.2%) of NSCLC were stage III and 48.1% were stage IV. Over half of all adenocarcinomas were stage IV. According to multivariate analysis, adenocarcinoma is related to less smoking and younger age. In conclusion, many women affected by lung cancer have never smoked. Adenocarcinoma appears to be the most frequent form and more often at a metastatic stage.
ISSN:0169-5002
1872-8332
DOI:10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.02.010