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Lim JU, Han S, Kim HC, Choi CM, Jung CY, Cho DG, Jeon JH, Lee JE, Ahn JS, Kim Y, Choi YD, Suh YG, Kim JE, Won YJ, Kim YC, Park CK, Kim SJ. Characteristics of female lung cancer in Korea: analysis of Korean National Lung Cancer Registry. J Thorac Dis 2020; 12:4612-4622. [PMID: 33145034 PMCID: PMC7578488 DOI: 10.21037/jtd-20-1671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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 longer median survival (29 vs. 14 months; P=0.002) and a higher proportion of stage I cancer (40.3% vs. 25.7%; P<0.001). Survival analysis of the NSCLC patients showed that smoking status, receiving only supportive care, EGFR mutation status, lung cancer stage, and forced vital capacity (FVC) (%) were significantly associated with mortality in the multivariate analysis (P=0.025, HR 2.39, 95% CI: 1.12–5.11; P=0.017, HR 3.14, 95% CI: 1.22–8.06; P=0.033, HR 0.63, 95% CI: 0.41–0.96; P<0.001, HR 11.88, 95% CI: 5.79–24.38; P=0.002, HR 0.98, 95% CI: 0.96–0.99, respectively). Conclusions In Korean women with NSCLC, smoking status, not receiving active anticancer treatment, EGFR mutation status, lung cancer stage, and pulmonary function were significantly associated with mortality.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jeong Uk Lim
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Applied Statistics, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonology Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University, Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea
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- Proton Therapy Center, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Cancer Registration and Statistics Branch, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Cancer Registration and Statistics Branch, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.,Postech-Catholic Biomedical Engineering Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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