A retrospective evaluation of non-small cell lung carcinoma

Objectives: Lung cancer is the most common amongcancer-related deaths in worldwide. Non-small cell lungcancer represents between 80% and 85% of all lung cancercases. Epidemiologic and demographic characteristicsof lung cancer may differ between the sexes in thesame community and between communities. This studypurposes to determine demographic, epidemiological andclinical characteristics of clinic follow-up study of lungcancer patients as retrospectively.Materials and methods: Total 741 patients with nonsmallcell lung cancer who histopathologically diagnosed,treated and followed-up in Dicle University Faculty ofMedicine, Department of Medical Oncology, between2000 and 2012, were retrospectively evaluatedResults: 662 of patients (89.3%) were males and 79(10.7%) females. Male/female ratio was 8.4. The medianpatient age was 60.0 (28-93) years. The histopathologicaltypes were as follows; 34.8% squamous cell carcinoma,29.1% adenocarcinoma, 2% large cell carcinomaand 34.1% unspecified non-small cell lung carcinoma.Smoking rate in men was found as %92.2, and 10.1%in female patients. Stage of patients was 11.4% in localstage, 35.6% was in locally advanced and 53% was inmetastatic stage.Conclusions: Ratio of squamous cell carcinoma and advancedstage in our study were higher than previous dataof studies from Turkey. However, the other clinical andpathological findings were compatible with our country’sand world data.Key words: Non-Small cell lung carcinoma, histologictype, epidemiology