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Never Smokers With Resected Lung Cancer: Different Demographics, Similar Survival

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx390

Author(s)

Brendon M. Stiles, Mohamed Rahouma, Mohamed Kamel, Hussein Abu Nasar, Andrew B. Nguyen, Sebron Harrison, Benjamin Lee, Jeffrey L. Port, Nasser K. Altorki

Stiles and colleagues retrospectively analyzed prospectively-collected data on approximately 3,200 surgical lung cancer patients, finding that more than one fifth of these patients are never-smokers. Compared to patients with a history of smoking, never-smokers were more likely to be younger, female, and to suffer from adenocarcinoma. Despite these demographic and disease differences, these patients had similar survival and risk for recurrence as smokers.