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  • Clinical Investigation of Lung Cancer in Never Smokers

    Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics, short-term therapy outcome and survival in patients of lung cancer with different smoking status. Methods 3751 cases were enrolled and the differences in age, sex, pathological type, stage, treatment modality, efficiency and survival were compared according patients′smoking status. Results 1206 ( 32. 2% ) patients were never smokers and 2545 ( 67. 8% ) were smokers. 80. 3% male patients and 10. 5% female patients were smokers. Among never smoking lung cancer patients, proportion of female gender, adenocarcinoma, second primary neoplasm,advanced stages and non-operative treatment were high. In the smokers, much more COPD and pulmonary tuberculosis, squamous cancer and operative treatmentwere found. No statistical differences were detected in overall outcome and survival. Conclusions The clinical characters and treatmentmodalities of patients with lung cancer of different smoking status were significant different, but had the same survival. Patients’smoking status should be accountted into the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

    Release date:2016-08-30 11:53 Export PDF Favorites Scan
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