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ABSTRACT: Study objectives
OSA has been associated with increased cancer incidence and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate cancer-related mortality, overall survival, and progression-free survival in patients with suspected OSA and lung cancer.Methods
This was a case series analysis of lung cancer from a sleep cohort with suspected OSA between 2009 and 2014. The AHI, hypoxia index, and survival outcome were recorded. Immunohistochemistry was used to analyze hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in tumor pathology.Results
In the sleep cohort comprising 8,261 patients, a total of 23 patients had lung cancer. The incidence of lung cancer was significantly higher in the sleep cohort than in the entire adult population in Taiwan (crude incidence rate: 242.1 vs 51.5 per 10⁵ persons, P < .01). The 3-year cancer-related mortality was 25% in AHI < 15 events/h, 50% in AHI 15-29 events/h, and 80% in AHI ≥ 30 events/h (χ² test for trend, P = .03). In Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, patients with stage III-IV lung cancer and AHI < 30 events/h exhibited significantly better overall survival (P = .02) and progression-free survival (P = .02) than patients with severe OSA. Overexpression of HIF-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor was shown in 63% and 45% of lung tumor samples. Overexpression of HIF-1α was positively associated with AHI (P = .04).Conclusions
In this preliminary case series, severe OSA is associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality in patients with stage III-IV lung cancer. AHI was significantly associated with HIF-1α overexpression.
SUBMITTER: Huang HY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7954049 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Hung-Yu HY Lin Shih-Wei SW Chuang Li-Pang LP Wang Chih-Liang CL Sun Ming-Hui MH Li Hsueh-Yu HY Chang Chee-Jen CJ Chang Shu-Chen SC Yang Cheng-Ta CT Chen Ning-Hung NH
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 20200701 7
<h4>Study objectives</h4>OSA has been associated with increased cancer incidence and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate cancer-related mortality, overall survival, and progression-free survival in patients with suspected OSA and lung cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a case series analysis of lung cancer from a sleep cohort with suspected OSA between 2009 and 2014. The AHI, hypoxia index, and survival outcome were recorded. Immunohistochemistry was used to analyze hypoxia-inducibl ...[more]