Introduction:

Lung cancer is one of the most serious diseases and one of the cancers with the highest incidence in people, responsible for the highest oncological mortality rates worldwide.

Objective:

To analyze the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of patients with lung cancer.

Methods:

A retrospective descriptive observational study was carried out, with the objective of analyzing the epidemiological clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with lung cancer treated at the María Curie Oncological Hospital during the five-year period from January 2017 to December 2021. The universe of study included 822 patients who were treated in the hospital during the aforementioned period with lung cancer. The sample at discretion was made up of 276 patients.

Results:

Prevalence of lung cancer in patients between 61 and 80 years of age, male, passive smokers. The cyto-histological variety with the highest incidence was small cell microcytic carcinoma; debut of this disease in patients in stage IV and with treatment received with radiotherapy and chemotherapy in 100% of the patients.

Conclusions:

It is a predominant tumor among malignant neoplasms, where timely diagnosis allows treatment in early stages, which favors survival in patients.

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