Mortality of lung cancer as a second primary malignancy: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Lung cancer as a second primary malignancy (lung-2) is increasingly common, but its prognosis is poorly understood. This study aims to examine the overall and cancer-specific survival of patients diagnosed with lung-2 compared to lung-1. Primary lung cancer patients diagnosed from 1988 to 2014 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program were included. Lung-2 was identified in patients with a previous diagnosis of nonlung primary malignancy in SEER. Hazard ratios (HRs) of overall and lung cancer-specific mortality were estimated among patients with lung-2 compared to lung-1, adjusting for age and calendar period at diagnosis, sex, race, socioeconomic status, tumor stage, histology, tumor grade, and treatment. A total of 679 541 and 85 758 patients were identified as lu

SUBMITTER: Deng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6558593 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature