title: Lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: The aim of this study is to evaluate characteristics in lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Among 966 lung cancer patients admitted to our division over a period of 24 years, 73 patients were diagnosed as having COPD. There were 68 (93.2%) men and 5 women; of the tumors 43 (58.9%) were squamous cell carcinomas. Although 41 (56.2%) patients had stage IA-IIIA, only 11 (15.1%) had surgery. Coexistence of COPD was proved to be a prognostic factor (p=0.0451). Adequate palliative care to provide quality survival would be the primary goal of therapy for lung cancer patients with COPD.
authors: Division of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kurishima
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Satoh
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Ishikawa
authors: Y T
authors: YT
authors: Yamashita
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Homma
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authors: M
authors: Ohtsuka
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Sekizawa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015993:Life Tables; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis