Impact of smoking amount on clinicopathological features and survival in non-small cell lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Screening for early detection of lung cancer has been performed in high-risk individuals with smoking history. However, researches on the distribution, clinical characteristics, and prognosis of these high-risk individuals in an actual cohort are lacking. Thus, the objective of this study was to retrospectively review characteristics and prognosis of patients with smoking history in an actual lung cancer cohort.

Methods

The present study used the lung cancer cohort of the Catholic Medical Centers at the Catholic University of Korea from 2014 to 2017. Patients with non-small cell lung cancer were enrolled. They were categorized into high and low-risk groups based on their smoking history using the national lung screening trial guideline. Distribution, clinical char

SUBMITTER: Ban WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7469911 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature