Comparison of the prognosis of symptomatic cerebral infarction and pulmonary embolism in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer patients face a high risk of thromboembolism (TE), which is considered to be a poor prognostic factor. However, the impact of symptomatic cerebral infarction (CI) and pulmonary embolism (PE) on the prognosis of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients is not fully understood.

Methods

We retrospectively identified 46 patients with advanced NSCLC who developed symptomatic CI or PE at five hospitals in Japan between January 2010 and December 2019. Prognosis and biomarker levels after incident CI and PE were investigated.

Results

Of the 46 patients, 36 developed symptomatic CI, and 10 developed symptomatic PE. The median follow-up duration after incident CI and PE was 18.2 months. Although the proportion of Common Terminology Criteria fo

SUBMITTER: Nakamura R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10166976 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature