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COPD in primary lung cancer patients: prevalence and mortality

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, March 2016
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Title
COPD in primary lung cancer patients: prevalence and mortality
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International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, March 2016
DOI 10.2147/copd.s101183
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Elinor Ytterstad, Per C Moe, Audhild Hjalmarsen

Abstract

Previous studies have relied on international spirometry criteria to diagnose COPD in patients with lung cancer without considering the effect lung cancer might have on spirometric results. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of COPD and emphysema at the time of primary lung cancer diagnosis and to examine factors associated with survival. Medical records, pulmonary function tests, and computed tomography scans were used to determine the presence of COPD and emphysema in patients diagnosed with primary lung cancer at the University Hospital of North Norway in 2008-2010. Among the 174 lung cancer patients, 69% had COPD or emphysema (39% with COPD, 59% with emphysema; male:female ratio 101:73). Neither COPD nor emphysema were significantly associated with lung cancer mortality, whereas patients with non-small-cell lung cancer other than adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma had a risk of lung cancer mortality that was more than four times higher than that of patients with small-cell lung cancer (hazard ratio [HR] 4.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.56-11.25). Females had a lower risk of lung cancer mortality than males (HR 0.63, 95% CI 0.42-0.94), and patients aged ≥75 years had a risk that was twice that of patients aged <75 years (HR 2.48, 95% CI 1.59-3.87). Low partial arterial oxygen pressure (4.0-8.4 kPa) increased the risk of lung cancer mortality (HR 2.26, 95% CI 1.29-3.96). So did low partial arterial carbon dioxide pressure (3.0-4.9 kPa) among stage IV lung cancer patients (HR 2.23, 95% CI 1.29-3.85). Several patients with respiratory failure had previously been diagnosed with COPD. The observed prevalence of COPD was lower than that in previous studies. Neither COPD nor emphysema were significantly associated with lung cancer mortality.

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Unknown 49 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 22%
Student > Master 9 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Professor 2 4%
Other 6 12%
Unknown 10 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 43%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 8%
Computer Science 2 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 15 31%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 27. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 August 2018.
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#3
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