Journal article
The Epidemiology of Lung Metastases
H Chen, KC Stoltzfus, EJ Lehrer, SR Horn, S Siva, DM Trifiletti, MB Meng, V Verma, AV Louie, NG Zaorsky
Frontiers in Medicine | Published : 2021
Open access
Abstract
Introduction: Lung metastasis is usually associated with poor outcomes in cancer patients. This study was performed to characterize and analyze the population of patients with de novo (synchronous) lung metastases using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database. Materials and Methods: Baseline characteristics of lung metastasis patients were obtained from SEER case listings. Incidence rates and counts of synchronous lung metastasis were also obtained using the SEER*Stat software. Survival outcomes were analyzed using univariate and multivariable Cox regressions, controlling for confounders. An alpha threshold of 0.05 was used for statistical significance and p-values wer..
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Funding Acknowledgements
NZ is supported by startup funding from Penn State Cancer Institute and Penn State College of Medicine. NZ is supported by the National Institutes of Health Grant LRP 1 L30 CA23157201. NZ is supported by the American Cancer Society -Tri State CEOs Against Cancer Clinician Scientist Development Grant, CSDG-20-013-01-CCE. NZ received remuneration from Springer Nature for his textbook, Absolute Clinical Radiation Oncology Review.