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Table 4 Distribution of mentions related to past medical history, past surgical history, family history, and social history for stage IIIB+ lung cancer patients from 49 sampled H&P notes

From: Annotation and extraction of age and temporally-related events from clinical histories

Section variable type

Variable

Examples

Counts

Past medical history

  

73

Lung cancer

Stage III NSCLCA

23 (32%)

Lung cancer with date

Neoplasm NOS-lung nodule #/#/####

12 (16%)

Other cancer

Renal cancer; brain metastasis

16 (22%)

Other cancer with date

Bladder cancer #/#/####

20 (27%)

Other cancer with age

Neoplasm of prostate...age ##

2 (3%)

Surgical history

  

52

Procedures

XRT, wedge resection of LUL

18 (35%)

procedures with date

Lung bx ##/##; lobectomy ####

34 (65%)

Social history

  

66

Smoking—negated (non-smoker)

Tobacco use: never

5 (7%)

Smoking—before (former smoker)

Tobacco use: quit

48 (73%)

Smoking—before_overlaps (current smoker)

Current everyday smoker

13 (20%)

Family history

  

55

Lung cancer w/ 1st degree relative

Lung cancer in her sister

2 (4%)

Lung cancer w/ 2nd degree relative

Lung cancer maternal uncle

2 (4%)

Lung cancer w/ age

Lung cancer maternal uncle ##s

2 (4%)

Other cancer w/ 1st degree relative

Ovarian cancer mother

31 (56%)

Other cancer w/ 2nd degree relative

Breast cancer maternal aunt

15 (27%)

Other cancer w/age

Breast cancer mother age ##s

3 (5%)