Characteristics of female lung cancer in Korea: analysis of Korean National Lung Cancer Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

The present study evaluated Korean women with lung cancer and compared the clinical characteristics of ever-smoker and never-smoker groups using the National Lung Cancer Registry.

Methods

In affiliation with the Korean Central Cancer Registry, the Korean Association for Lung Cancer constructed a registry into which 10% of the lung cancer cases in Korea were registered. Female lung cancer patients with valid smoking history were evaluated.

Results

Among 735 female lung cancer patients, 643 (87.5%) were never-smokers and 92 (12.5%) were smokers. The median survival was significantly longer in the never-smoker group (28 vs. 14 months; P<0.001). Among 683 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the never-smoker group showed significantly longe

SUBMITTER: Lim JU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578488 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature