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Therefore, we used GIS to analyze the lung cancer burden in Philadelphia to assess which areas of the city have the highest morbidity and mortality, identify potential clusters, and determine which census tract-level characteristics were associated with higher tract-level cancer burden. (2) Methods: Using secondary data from the Pennsylvania Cancer Registry, age-adjusted standardized incidence and mortality ratios (SIR and SMR) were calculated by census tract, and choropleth maps were created to visualize geographic variations in the disease burden. Two geostatistical methods were used to determine the presence of lung cancer clusters. Multivariable regression analyses were performed to identify which census-tract level characteristics correlated with a higher lung cancer burden. (3) Results: Three distinct geographical lung cancer clusters were identified. After controlling for demographics and other covariates, adult smoking prevalence, prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and percentage of residential addresses vacant were positively associated with higher lung cancer SIR and SMR. (4) Conclusions: Our findings may inform cancer control efforts within the region and guide future municipal-level GIS analyses of the lung cancer burden.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph22030455","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,20]],"date-time":"2025-03-20T07:59:54Z","timestamp":1742457594000},"page":"455","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A Geospatial Analysis of the Lung Cancer Burden in Philadelphia, Using Pennsylvania Cancer Registry Data from 2008\u20132017"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2179-0457","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Russell K.","family":"McIntire","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Health, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katherine","family":"Senter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christine","family":"Shusted","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rickisa","family":"Yearwood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6480-0769","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julie","family":"Barta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9428-1151","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Scott W.","family":"Keith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Charnita","family":"Zeigler-Johnson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"87","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.21262","article-title":"Global cancer statistics, 2012","volume":"65","author":"Torre","year":"2015","journal-title":"CA Cancer J. 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