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Lung neoplasm malignant adverse event reports that record this term

Kind of term
MedDRA preferred term
Plain meaning
lung cancer

What a report is

A report is not proof that the drug was the cause of the event.

FDA says:

Adverse event reports submitted to FDA do not undergo extensive validation or verification. Therefore, a causal relationship cannot be established between product and reactions listed in a report. While a suspected relationship may exist, it is not medically validated and should not be the sole source of information for clinical decision making or other assumptions about the safety or efficacy of a product. Additionally, it is important to remember that adverse event reports represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product. Common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview, section "Responsible use of the data". The site read the page on . The data have the reports that FDA received through .

FDA also says:

There is no certainty that the reported event (adverse event or medication error) was actually due to the product. FDA does not require that a causal relationship between a product and event be proven, and reports do not always contain enough detail to properly evaluate an event. The information in these reports has not been scientifically or otherwise verified as to a cause and effect relationship and cannot be used to estimate the incidence of these events.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

Do not rely on openFDA to make decisions regarding medical care. While we make every effort to ensure that data is accurate, you should assume all results are unvalidated.

Source: openFDA, Response of the drug event API (meta.disclaimer). The site read the page on .

Not medical advice. This site counts what was reported to FDA. Questions about a medicine or device belong with a pharmacist or clinician.

Reports on file

From January 2004 to June 2026, FDA received 40,724 adverse event reports that record the MedDRA preferred term Lung neoplasm malignant. In plain words, the term means: lung cancer. The person who codes a report selects the term that agrees best with the description of the reporter.

FDA received 1,365 reports in the 12 months to June 2026 and 1,442 in the 12 months before. FDA releases FAERS data every quarter, so the newest months are not complete. They grow in later releases.

By reports in the 12 months to June 2026, this term was number 487 of 1,436 reaction terms with a page. Of the 1,332,454 drug reports that FDA received in the 12 months to June 2026, 1,365 (0.1%) record this term. Reports for patients aged 18 to 44 were 2.4% of the reports that record this term and 12.3% of all drug reports.

The number of people who use the product is not in the data. A count is not a rate.

MedDRA

The Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities. The person who codes a report selects the preferred term that agrees best with the description of the reporter. FDA does not publish the description.

Plain meaning

Lung cancer. The words are from the fixed dictionary of this site. They add nothing to a report.

Data version

openFDA FAERS release of 29 Oct 2026. Reports received through 30 Jun 2026.

Drugs in these reports

The table has the 88 drug pages with 100 or more reports that record this term. The rows are in order of name. A drug page with fewer reports for this term is not in the table. The counts are the counts that the site keeps for each reaction term, and a count can be lower than the count of FDA.

FDA says:

Additionally, it is important to remember that adverse event reports represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product. Common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

Importantly, the AEMS data by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic.

Source: FDA, FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS) Public Dashboard. Content current as of . The site read the page on .

Drugs that the reports with the term Lung neoplasm malignant name as a suspect product, in order of name
DrugClassReports with this term
AbataceptSelective T cell costimulation modulator133
Aclasta108
Aclidinium bromideAnticholinergic130
Aclidinium Bromide Formoterol Fumarate106
ActemraInterleukin-6 receptor antagonist142
Advair DiskusCorticosteroid154
Advair HfaCorticosteroid188
Albuterolbeta2-Adrenergic agonist123
Albuterol sulfatebeta2-Adrenergic agonist170
AlunbrigKinase inhibitor115
AmbrisentanEndothelin receptor antagonist132
Anoro ElliptaAnticholinergic177
ApixabanFactor Xa inhibitor134
AvonexInterferon beta346
AzithromycinMacrolide antimicrobial117
Breo ElliptaCorticosteroid283
BrigatinibKinase inhibitor108
Budesonide Formoterol Fumarate102
CarboplatinPlatinum-based drug142
ChantixPartial cholinergic nicotinic agonist159
Ciprofloxacin hydrochlorideFluoroquinolone antibacterial116
ClozapineAtypical antipsychotic237
ClozarilAtypical antipsychotic484
Combivent198
CosentyxInterleukin-17A antagonist165
CyclophosphamideAlkylating drug168
DexamethasoneCorticosteroid139
DupixentInterleukin-4 receptor alpha antagonist169
EliquisFactor Xa inhibitor279
EnbrelTumor necrosis factor blocker803
EntrestoAngiotensin 2 receptor blocker129
ErlotinibKinase inhibitor155
EsbrietPyridone163
EtanerceptTumor necrosis factor blocker176
ForteoParathyroid hormone analog203
GlycopyrrolateAnticholinergic133
Glycopyrronium Indacaterol106
Humira875
ImbruvicaKinase inhibitor115
InfliximabTumor necrosis factor blocker136
Ipratropium bromideAnticholinergic170
Lyrica142
MepolizumabInterleukin-5 antagonist182
MethotrexateFolate analog metabolic inhibitor385
Methotrexate sodiumFolate analog metabolic inhibitor146
Moxifloxacin hydrochlorideFluoroquinolone antibacterial113
Mycophenolate mofetilAntimetabolite immunosuppressant142
NasonexCorticosteroid141
NexiumProton pump inhibitor152
NucalaInterleukin-5 antagonist121
OfevKinase inhibitor120
OlanzapineAtypical antipsychotic131
Olodaterol Hydrochloride Tiotropium Bromide Monohydrate107
OmeprazoleProton pump inhibitor104
Omnaris138
OpsumitEndothelin receptor antagonist128
OrenciaSelective T cell costimulation modulator162
OtezlaPhosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor108
PrednisoneCorticosteroid360
ProliaRANK ligand inhibitor215
RanitidineHistamine-2 receptor antagonist9,446
Ranitidine Hci241
Ranitidine hydrochlorideHistamine-2 receptor antagonist2,557
RemicadeTumor necrosis factor blocker663
RevlimidThalidomide analog276
RinvoqJanus kinase inhibitor179
RituximabCD20-directed cytolytic antibody299
SimponiTumor necrosis factor blocker190
SingulairLeukotriene receptor antagonist134
SkyriziInterleukin-23 antagonist302
StelaraInterleukin-12 antagonist206
SymbicortCorticosteroid358
TagrissoKinase inhibitor179
Tarceva259
Tecfidera127
Tiotropium bromideAnticholinergic860
TracleerEndothelin receptor antagonist114
Trelegy ElliptaAnticholinergic275
TysabriIntegrin receptor antagonist149
Umeclidinium bromide122
VedolizumabIntegrin receptor antagonist159
Ventolin Hfabeta2-Adrenergic agonist108
XalkoriKinase inhibitor381
XareltoFactor Xa inhibitor135
XeljanzJanus kinase inhibitor312
XolairAnti-IgE137
Zantac10,965
Zenhale132

The page of each drug has the count of each reaction term in its reaction lookup.

Drug classes in these reports

The table has the 54 pharmacologic classes with 100 or more reports that record this term. The rows are in order of name.

FDA says:

Additionally, it is important to remember that adverse event reports represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product. Common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

Importantly, the AEMS data by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic.

Source: FDA, FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS) Public Dashboard. Content current as of . The site read the page on .

Pharmacologic classes of the drugs that the reports with the term Lung neoplasm malignant name, in order of name
ClassReports with this term
Alkylating drug208
Angiotensin 2 receptor blocker365
Anti-epileptic agent137
Anti-IgE199
Anticholinergic1,975
Antimetabolite immunosuppressant189
Aromatase inhibitor106
Atypical antipsychotic1,229
Benzodiazepine280
beta-Adrenergic blocker128
beta2-Adrenergic agonist424
Bisphosphonate113
Calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant217
CD20-directed cytolytic antibody473
Corticosteroid1,987
Endothelin receptor antagonist468
Factor Xa inhibitor602
Fluoroquinolone antibacterial363
Folate analog metabolic inhibitor613
GLP-1 receptor agonist125
Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor agonist118
Histamine-2 receptor antagonist12,003
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor275
Insulin analog308
Integrin receptor antagonist339
Interferon beta468
Interleukin-12 antagonist221
Interleukin-17A antagonist200
Interleukin-23 antagonist333
Interleukin-4 receptor alpha antagonist187
Interleukin-5 antagonist303
Interleukin-6 receptor antagonist234
Janus kinase inhibitor605
Kinase inhibitor2,260
Leukotriene receptor antagonist170
Macrolide antimicrobial117
Microtubule inhibitor104
Mood stabilizer136
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug152
Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor143
Opioid agonist360
Parathyroid hormone analog216
Partial cholinergic nicotinic agonist164
Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor117
Platinum-based drug204
Programmed death Receptor-1 blocking antibody262
Prostacycline vasodilator147
Proton pump inhibitor385
Pyridone175
RANK ligand inhibitor265
Selective T cell costimulation modulator295
Thalidomide analog351
Tumor necrosis factor blocker2,315
Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor250

A class with many reports in all has many reports for almost every term.

Reports by month

Reports that record Lung neoplasm malignant, by month, five years to June 2026
02,5005,00020222023202420252026

FDA releases FAERS data every quarter, so the newest months are not complete. They grow in later releases.

Patients in these reports

Age of the patient in the reports that record Lung neoplasm malignant
AgeReportsShareShare as a bar
Under 29under 0.1%
2 to 1114under 0.1%
12 to 175under 0.1%
18 to 449712.4%
45 to 648,50320.9%
65 to 746,90517%
75 and over4,85611.9%
Age not given19,46147.8%
Sex of the patient in the reports that record Lung neoplasm malignant
SexReportsShareShare as a bar
Female18,08044.4%
Male17,16042.1%
Unknown or not given5,48413.5%

Age and sex are as the report gives them. 70.5% of these reports give the United States as the country.

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Reported Reactions. Lung neoplasm malignant: adverse event reports that record this term. https://reportedreactions.com/reaction/lung-neoplasm-malignant/ Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Drug Adverse Event (FAERS) files, release of . Reports received through .

Where the data come from

The counts come from the openFDA Drug Adverse Event (FAERS) bulk files, release of 29 Oct 2026. The files have the reports that FDA received through 30 Jun 2026. A drug name is the name on the report. The site matches it to a brand name or a generic name of the National Drug Code Directory of 2 Nov 2026. A class is the pharmacologic class (EPC) of the FDA label.

The count has the reports with each spelling of one MedDRA preferred term. The site does not publish a report narrative, a lot number, a detail of a patient or the identity of a reporter. The record of FDA is the authority. See how the site counts reports, the data sources and the corrections page.

Questions

What does Lung neoplasm malignant mean in an adverse event report?

In plain words: lung cancer. It is a MedDRA preferred term. FDA codes the description of a reporter with the MedDRA dictionary. The openFDA files do not have the description itself, and this site does not show it.

Does a drug in the table mean that the drug was responsible for this reaction?

No. FDA says:

No individual drug is connected to any individual reaction.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

When a report lists multiple drugs and multiple reactions, there is no way to conclude from the data therein that a given drug is responsible for a given reaction.

Source: openFDA, Drug Adverse Event Overview. The site read the page on .

What does this page tell a person who has this symptom?

This page gives counts of reports. It cannot assess a person. A pharmacist or a clinician can assess a person.

If this is a medical emergency, please call 911.

Source: FDA, MedWatch Online Voluntary Reporting Form. The site read the page on .