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Impact of smoking amount on clinicopathological features and survival in non-small cell lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Screening for early detection of lung cancer has been performed in high-risk individuals with smoking history. However, researches on the distribution, clinical characteristics, and prognosis of these high-risk individuals in an actual cohort are lacking. Thus, the objective of this study was to retrospectively review characteristics and prognosis of patients with smoking history in an actual lung cancer cohort.

Methods

The present study used the lung cancer cohort of the Catholic Medical Centers at the Catholic University of Korea from 2014 to 2017. Patients with non-small cell lung cancer were enrolled. They were categorized into high and low-risk groups based on their smoking history using the national lung screening trial guideline. Distribution, clinical characteristics, and survival data of each group were estimated.

Results

Of 439 patients, 223 (50.8%) patients were in the high-risk group. Patients in the high-risk group had unfavorable clinical characteristics and tumor biologic features. Overall survival of the high-risk group was significantly shorter than that of the low-risk group with both early (I, II) and advanced stages (III, IV). In multivariate analysis, heavy smoking remained one of the most important poor clinical prognostic factors in patients with lung cancer. It showed a dose-dependent relationship with patients' survival.

Conclusions

High-risk individuals had poor clinical outcomes. Patients' prognosis seemed to be deteriorated as smoking amount increased. Therefore, active screening and clinical attention are needed for high-risk individuals.

SUBMITTER: Ban WH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7469911 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impact of smoking amount on clinicopathological features and survival in non-small cell lung cancer.

Ban Woo Ho WH Yeo Chang Dong CD Han Solji S Kang Hye Seon HS Park Chan Kwon CK Kim Ju Sang JS Kim Jin Woo JW Kim Seung Joon SJ Lee Sang Haak SH Kim Sung Kyoung SK

BMC cancer 20200903 1

<h4>Background</h4>Screening for early detection of lung cancer has been performed in high-risk individuals with smoking history. However, researches on the distribution, clinical characteristics, and prognosis of these high-risk individuals in an actual cohort are lacking. Thus, the objective of this study was to retrospectively review characteristics and prognosis of patients with smoking history in an actual lung cancer cohort.<h4>Methods</h4>The present study used the lung cancer cohort of t ...[more]

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Impact of smoking amount on clinicopathological features and survival in non-small cell lung cancer.

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