Navigating the challenges of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in lung cancer treatment: a propensity score study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) can negatively impact cancer patients' survival. It remains uncertain whether IPA's impact on patient outcomes varies by treatment approach in advanced lung cancer.

Objectives

To explore the association between IPA and outcomes in patients with advanced lung cancer receiving different treatments.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Methods

We enrolled patients with advanced-stage lung cancer between 2013 and 2021 at a college hospital in Taiwan and used the 2021 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium consensus for IPA diagnosis. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify the IPA risk factors. We compared overall survival (OS)

SUBMITTER: Kuo CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503299 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature