Quitting Smoking Improves Performance, Not Survival, in Patients With Lung Cancer
4th Nov 2005, 11:03 GMT
In a study of 206 patients with lung cancer, 93 (45 percent) were smokers, 14 (7 percent) were nonsmokers, and 98 (48 percent) were former smokers. After reviewing clinical characteristics, smoking history, comorbidities, survival, performance status, and pulmonary function tests, researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, found there was no significant difference between survival rates, based on smoking status before and after diagnosis... click link for more info.
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