Abstract CN16
Background
About 53% of lung cancers in females are not attributable to smoking worldwide. The aim was to develop and validate a simple and non-invasive model which could assess and stratify lung cancer risk in female non-smokers in China.
Methods
A large-sample size, population-based study was conducted under the framework of a population-based Cancer Screening Program in Urban China (CanSPUC). Data on the lung cancer screening in Henan province, China, from October 2013 to October 2019 were used and randomly divided into the training and validation sets. Related risk factors were identified through multivariable Cox regression analysis, followed by establishment of risk prediction nomogram. Discrimination [area under the curve (AUC)] and calibration were further performed to assess the validation of risk prediction nomogram in the training set, and then validated by the validation set.
Results
A total of 151,834 eligible subjects were included, with a mean age of 55.34 years. Subjects were randomly divided into the training (75,917) and validation (75,917) sets. Elder age, history of chronic respiratory disease, first-degree family history of lung cancer, menopause, and history of benign breast disease were the independent risk factors for lung cancer. Using these five variables, we plotted 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year lung cancer risk prediction nomogram. The AUC was 0.762, 0.718, and 0.703 for the 1-, 3- and 5-year lung cancer risk in the training set, respectively. In the validation set, the model showed a good predictive discrimination, with the AUC was 0.646, 0.658, and 0.650 for the 1-, 3- and 5-year lung cancer risk.
Conclusions
We developed and validated a simple and non-invasive lung cancer risk model in female non-smokers. This model can be applied to identify and triage patients at high risk for developing lung cancers in female non-smokers.
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Editorial acknowledgement
Legal entity responsible for the study
L. Guo.
Funding
Has not received any funding.
Disclosure
The author has declared no conflicts of interest.