Association between cancer concealment and the survival of the patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
;
(12): 657-663, 2019.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
To explore the relationship between cancer awareness and the survival of the patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC).
Methods:
A total of 865 NSCLC patients were screened for the risk factors, including age, gender, address, tumor/lymph nodes/metastasis (TNM) stage, and cancer awareness. Survival of the patients was calculated by Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analysis.Results:
After an average observation time of 304 d (ranging from 0 to 4 718 d), 62 of the 394 patients in the cancer awareness group survived, whereas 26 of the 471 patients in the cancer concealment group survived. Cancer-specific and all-cause survival was poorer in the cancer concealment group (P<0.001 for each, log-rank test). Cox multivariate regression analysis showed that cancer concealment displayed significantly lower cancer-specific survival [hazard ratio (HR)=1.534, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.320 to 1.784, P<0.001] and all-cause survival (HR=1.558, 95% CI 1.346 to 1.803, P<0.001).Conclusion:
Cancer concealment is associated with a poor survival of NSCLC patients, which may prohibit the patients from obtaining the real "right to survival".
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Proportional Hazards Models
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
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Lung Neoplasms
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Lymphatic Metastasis
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
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