Oncology Cohort Characteristics

Release Version: Feb 2025 (IRB76049)

The oncology OMOP cohort is defined as all patients with an existing record in STARR-OMOP who are either listed in the Stanford Cancer Registry (also known as Neural Frame), or have had a Tumor Board encounter. As of the February 2025 OMOP population, 201,554 patients met the criteria for cancer cohort.

These metrics have been generated using the latest Stanford OMOP data and Neural Frame data.

Demographics

Age Distribution

Below is the distribution of persons by year of birth.

Summary of Patient Population

The demographic categories examined include Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity.

All Category Metrics - Oncology OMOP
Characteristic Count (N) Percentage (%)
Total Total number of pts 201,554 100
Age 0-17 2,743 1
Age 18-44 20,626 10
Age 45-64 60,730 30
Age 65+ 117,400 58
Age No OMOP Visit 55 0
Sex Male 99,000 49
Sex Female 102,523 51
Sex Other 0 0
Sex Unknown 31 0
Race American Indian-Alaska Native 720 0
Race Asian 30,374 15
Race Native Hawaii 1,575 1
Race Black 6,015 3
Race White 117,697 58
Race Other-Unknown 45,173 22
Ethnicity Hispanic Latino 24,229 12
Ethnicity NOT Hispanic Latino 159,016 79
Ethnicity Other-Missing 18,309 9

Clinical Metrics

Clinical Metric Description Oncology OMOP N(%)* (Total=201,554) Tumor Board N(%)* (Total=24,662)
Number of patients with imaging reports, also a proxy for radiology imaging data 184,854 (91.7%) 23,746 (96.3%)
Number of patients with pathology/cytology clinical report 169,774 (84.2%) 22,777 (92.4%)
Number of patients given chemo medication 89,183 (44.2%) 13,452 (54.5%)
Number of patients with either a Hospital or Stanford Cancer Registry death date 49,270 (24.4%) 5,493 (22.3%)
Number of patients with pathology report 168,052 (83.4%) 22,910 (92.9%)
* N(%) represents the counts and the corresponding percentage of the total

Thoracic Cancer Sub-Cohort

The following metrics were identified for individuals with thoracic cancer within the oncology OMOP (200k).

Description Patient Count
Number of patients in Neural Frame and diagnosed with thoracic cancer 13,379
Number of patients in Neural Frame and diagnosed with thoracic cancer with a death date 6,212
Number of patients diagnosed with thoracic cancer and have a tumor board encounter 2,583
*Death date was defined either within STARR-OMOP or Neural Frame

OMOP Image Occurrence

As of the February 2025 oncology OMOP population:

  • 93,333 (46.3%) out of 201,554 patients in the oncology cohort had image occurrence procedures.

  • 6,736 (50.3%) out of 13,379 thoracic patients had image occurrence procedures.

  • 2,435 (94.3%) out of 2,583 thoracic patients with tumor board encounter had image occurrence procedures.

CTSA Metrics

CTSA metrics are a common set of metrics developed in collaboration with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to compare performance against other institutions within the network, facilitate benchmarking, and measure progress in translating basic science discoveries into clinical applications and patient benefits.

CTSA Metrics Patient Count
Distinct patients with atleast one address (SDOH) 201,362
Distinct patients with a lab test coded in LOINC 198,393
Distinct patients with an insurance provider (SDOH) 195,431
Distinct patients with a diagnosis coded in SNOMED 187,552
Distinct patients with a diagnosis coded in ICD 9/10 187,551
Distinct patients with a procedure coded in HCPCS or CPT 184,685
Distinct patients with a procedure coded in SNOMED 182,655
Distinct patients with at least one vital sign coded (height, weight, BP, BMI or temp) 182,037
Distinct patients with a medication coded in RxNorm/NDC 178,101
Distinct patients with a procedure coded in ICD 9/10 PCS 127,946
Distinct patients with a smoking status coded at least once 89,177
Distinct patients with opioid use disorder coded 6,835

Neural Frame Data

Neural Frame Outcome Metrics Patient Count
Vital Status Alive 92,689
Vital Status Missing (NA) 63,893
Vital Status Dead 46,103
Cancer Status Evidence of this tumor 73,202
Cancer Status Missing (NA) 70,146
Cancer Status No evidence of this tumor 62,400
Cancer Status Unknown, indeterminate whether this tumor is present, not stated in patient record 5,641
Number of Neural Frame Patients: 197,903
Recurrence Type Patient Count
Patient became disease-free after treatment and has not had a recurrence; leukemia in remission. 109,502
Since diagnosis, patient has never been disease-free. This includes cases with distant metastasis at diagnosis, systemic disease, unknown primary, or minimal disease that is not treated. 78,504
It is unknown whether the disease has recurred or if the patient was ever disease-free. 4,809
Local recurrence and there is insufficient information available to code to 13-17. Recurrence is confined to the remnant of the organ of origin; to the organ of origin; to the anastomosis; or to scar tissue where the organ previously existed. 2,543
Disease has recurred, but the type of recurrence is unknown. 2,284
Local recurrence of an invasive tumor. 1,835
Distant systemic recurrence of an invasive tumor only. This includes leukemia, bone marrow metastasis, carcinomatosis, and generalized disease. 945
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in the lung only. Lung includes the visceral pleura. 772
Distant recurrence and there is insufficient information available to code to 46-62. 683
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in the liver only. 671
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in multiple sites (recurrences that can be coded to more than one category 51-59). 667
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in bone only. This includes bones other than the primary site. 657
Regional recurrence, and there is insufficient information available to code to 21-27. 425
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in the CNS only. This includes the brain and spinal cord, but not the external eye. 415
Recurrence of an invasive tumor in regional lymph nodes only. 390
Both regional recurrence of an invasive tumor in adjacent tissue or organ(s) and/or regional lymph nodes (20-25) and local and/or trocar recurrence (10, 13, 14, or 15). 295
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in lymph node only. Refer to the staging scheme for a description of lymph nodes that are distant for a particular site. 220
Recurrence of an invasive tumor in adjacent tissue or organ(s) only. 210
In situ recurrence of an in situ tumor. 100
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in the peritoneum only. Peritoneum includes peritoneal surfaces of all structures within the abdominal cavity and/or positive ascitic fluid. 98
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in a single distant site (51-58) and local, trocar, and/or regional recurrence (10-15, 20-25, or 30). 85
Local recurrence of an in situ tumor. 82
In situ recurrence of an invasive tumor. 61
Recurrence of an invasive tumor in adjacent tissue or organ(s) and in regional lymph nodes (both 21 and 22) at the same time. 42
Both local and trocar recurrence of an invasive tumor (both 13 and 14) 32
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in the pleura only. Pleura includes the pleural surface of all structures within the thoracic cavity and/or positive pleural fluid. 32
Distant recurrence of an invasive tumor in the skin only. This includes skin other than the primary site. 24
Both regional recurrence of an in situ tumor in adjacent tissue or organ(s) and/or regional lymph nodes (26 or 27) and local and/or trocar recurrence (16 or 17). 16
Regional recurrence of an in situ tumor, NOS. 15
Distant recurrence of an in situ tumor. 7
Both local and trocar recurrence of an in situ tumor. 7
Trocar recurrence of an invasive tumor. Includes recurrence in the trocar path or entrance site following prior surgery. 5
NA 3
Recurrence of an in situ tumor in adjacent tissue or organ(s) and in regional lymph nodes at the same time. 2
Number of Neural Frame Patients: 197,903