title: [Influence of tobacco smoking on quality of life in patients with lung cancer].
abstract: Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer. This cancer is the most specific indicator of the effects of tobacco on health. Regardless of the type of lung cancer and the stage of the disease, continued smoking has a negative impact on its development and its treatment. For this reason, smoking cessation is an essential step in the management of patients with lung cancer who smoke. It has been clearly demonstrated that quality of life is worse in smokers than in non-smokers. The aim of this general review is to study the relationship between tobacco use and quality of life specifically in patients with lung cancer. Among the twelve studies selected, six of them clearly demonstrate a deleterious effect of continued smoking tobacco or a beneficial effect of smoking cessation on the quality of life in patients with lung cancer. These findings should lead clinicians to offer support to smokers with lung cancer in order to assist them to quit smoking.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, unité de tabacologie, CHU La Milétrie, BP 577, pavillon René-Beauchant, 86021 Poitiers cedex, France. Electronic address: m.underner@chu-poitiers.fr.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Underner
authors.affiliation: Dispensaire Emile-Roux, CLAT 63, centre de tabacologie, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perriot
authors.affiliation: Dispensaire Emile-Roux, CLAT 63, centre de tabacologie, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merson
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, unité de tabacologie, CHR Metz-Thionville, 57038 Metz, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peiffer
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, unité de tabacologie, CHU La Milétrie, BP 577, pavillon René-Beauchant, 86021 Poitiers cedex, France.
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Meurice
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Cancer bronchique; Lung cancer; Quality of life; Qualité de vie; Sevrage tabagique; Smoking cessation; Tabagisme; Tobacco smoking