Table 2

Disease stages in the Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial after five annual CT scans and study visits

LC stageTNM stageScreening groupControl group
Baseline1st inc.2nd inc.3rd inc.4th inc.→TotalBaseline1st inc.2nd inc.3rd inc.4th inc.→Total
NSCLC
IAT1N0M084104+1*10371113
IBT2aN0M0132410112
IIA
IIBT3N0M011
T2N1M011
IIIAT0N2M0213
T1N2M011114
T3N1M011
T3N2M02211
IIIBT0N3M011
T1N3M011
T3N3M01111
T4N2M011
IVT1N2M11111
T2N2M11111
T4N0M111
T4N1M111
T4N2M11122
T4N3M111123
SCLC
Limit1111
Ext1123126
Total1711131216691467624
  • →, Diagnosed until end of screening.

  • * Diagnosed as second cancer in patient who also had a stage IB cancer.

  • Interval cancer.

  • Ext, extensive; Inc., incidence; LC, lung cancer; Limit, limited; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; SCLC, small cell lung cancer.