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P1.06 - Poster Session/ Screening and Early Detection (ID 218)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Poster
- Track: Screening and Early Detection
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 9/07/2015, 09:30 - 17:00, Exhibit Hall (Hall B+C)
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P1.06-019 - A Comparison of Demographic Risk Variables for Lung Cancer in New Zealand Europeans and Maori: Are Maori More Susceptible to the Effects of Smoking? (ID 867)
09:30 - 17:00 | Author(s): C. Kendall
- Abstract
Background:
Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among New Zealand (NZ) Maori. Over the past twenty years lung cancer incidence has decreased in New Zealand for non-Maori but has increased for Maori, and is recognised to be the highest in the world of any ethnic group. Nationally, the incidence of lung cancer in Maori is 3.5 times higher than that in New Zealand Europeans, and lung cancer mortality in Maori males and females respectively, is 2.4 and 4.2 times higher than NZ Europeans. Maori have a higher incidence of lung cancer than countries with similar smoking rates. This suggests that there are additional factors other than smoking that predispose Maori to this disease. In the current study demographic and the well-established clinical risk variables for lung cancer were compared between New Zealand Maori and Europeans residing in the greater Auckland region and who were diagnosed between January 2004-January 2015.
Methods:
A retrospective review of patient clinical notes for those identified as being of NZ Maori ethnicity who were diagnosed with lung cancer (n=473) between January 2004 and January 2015 and treated within the greater Auckland region. Data extracted included histological type, smoking history, spirometry and basic demographics. This data was then compared with an established cohort of NZ European patients n= 417, with similar recruitment criteria over the period 2004-2008.
Results:
Despite comparable smoking exposure histories, NZ Maori patients were diagnosed on average 6 years younger than NZ European lung cancer patients (P<0.0001). At diagnosis, current smoking rate was 2 fold greater in NZ Maori compared to NZ Europeans (69% vs 36%, P<0.0001). Although NZ Maori patients had similar rates of COPD (≈64%), they had a trend towards less GOLD 1 (mild stage disease, P=0.08) and significantly greater airflow obstruction (worse COPD, FEV~1~%predicted 64% vs 73% in NZ Europeans, P<0.001). At lower smoking exposure (≤10 pk yrs), COPD rates in Maori with lung cancer were 2 fold greater than in NZ Europeans (64% vs 32% respectively, P<0.05). NZ Maori lung cancer patients had a lower prevalence of adenocarcinoma than in NZ Europeans (32% vs 43%, P=0.002) and a higher proportion of more aggressive lung cancer subtypes (squamous, non-small cell and small cell cancers) than NZ Europeans (61% vs 52%, P<0.0007).
Conclusion:
These results show that lung cancer in NZ Maori is associated with younger age at diagnosis, worse lung function and more aggressive histological subtypes compared to NZ Europeans. These results suggest that NZ Maori may have a greater inherent susceptibility to lung cancer compared to NZ Europeans. This greater susceptibility to lung cancer in Maori, along with socio-cultural factors, may contribute to their considerably greater mortality. These results suggest that for the future management of lung cancer, prevention measures (such as smoking cessation and tobacco control), risk assessment (such as lung function testing) and early diagnostic approaches (such as computed tomography screening) should be prioritised in high risk groups, particularly those with NZ Maori ancestry.
