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SUBMITTER: Szentkereszty M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7242273 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Szentkereszty Márton M Komlósi Zsolt István ZI Szűcs Gergő G Barna Gábor G Tamási Lilla L Losonczy György G Gálffy Gabriella G
Pathology oncology research : POR 20190514 2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common comorbidity of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). COPD is characterized by systemic inflammation and lymphocyte dysfunction, mechanisms that are also known to accelerate progression of advanced (IIIB-IV) stage NSCLC. We aimed to find out whether COPD exerts an influence on tumor induced inflammatory and lymphoid responses and progression-free survival (PFS) after first-line treatment in advanced NSCLC. Patients suffering from NSCLC (n = 9 ...[more]