Never smokers with resected lung cancer: different demographics, similar survival†

Autor: Mohamed Rahouma, Sebron Harrison, M. Hussein, Jeffrey L. Port, Nasser K. Altorki, Benjamin Lee, Andrew B. Nguyen, Brendon M. Stiles, Abu Nasar
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 53:842-848
ISSN: 1873-734X
1010-7940
Popis: OBJECTIVES We sought to examine changes over time in the proportion of never smokers among surgical lung cancer patients and to determine whether smoking history affected survival. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of a prospective database. Among never smokers and smokers, demographic and pathological data were compared. Disease-free survival (DFS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were analysed. Propensity matching was performed for further comparison of survival in a matched cohort. RESULTS Among 3232 patients, we identified 718 never smokers (22%), 993 smokers with
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