|
No of cases
|
Held by the Scottish Cancer Registry1-150
| 4465 |
Ineligible cases | |
Diagnosis >3 months outside 1995 | 102 |
Diagnosed and treated outside Scotland | 13 |
Not primary cancer of the lung | 79 |
Incidental finding at necropsy | 28 |
Ineligible for other reasons | 18 |
Total ineligible | 240 |
| |
Eligible (or potentially eligible) cases | 4225 |
Cases with inadequate/unavailable records | |
Insufficient information available | 38 |
Medical records destroyed | 89 |
Medical records not located | 243 |
Total with inadequate or unavailable records | 3701-151
|
| |
Study population1-152
| 3855 |