Smoking status and the association between patient-level factors and survival among lung cancer patients
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Carroll NM, Burnett-Hartman AN, Rendle KA, Neslund-Dudas CM, Greenlee RT, Honda SA, Vachani A, and Ritzwoller DP. Smoking status and the association between patient-level factors and survival among lung cancer patients. J Natl Cancer Inst 2023.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-25-2023
Publication Title
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Declines in the prevalence of cigarette smoking, advances in targeted therapies, and implementation of lung cancer screening have changed the clinical landscape for lung cancer. An increasing proportion of lung cancer deaths are in those who have never smoked cigarettes. To better understand contemporary patterns in survival among patients with lung cancer, a comprehensive evaluation of factors associated with survival, including differential associations by smoking status, is needed.
METHODS: Patients diagnosed with lung cancer between 1/1/2010 and 9/30/2019 were identified. We estimated all-cause and lung cancer-specific median, 5-year, and multivariable restricted mean survival time (RMST) to identify demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical factors associated with survival, overall and stratified by smoking status (never, former, and current).
RESULTS: Analyses included 6,813 patients with lung cancer: 13.9% never smoked, 54.2% formerly smoked, and 31.9% currently smoked. All-cause RMST through 5-years for those who never, formerly, and currently smoked was 32.1, 25.9, and 23.3 months, respectively. Lung cancer specific RMST was 36.3, 30.3, and 26.0, respectively. Across most models, female sex, younger age, higher SES, first course surgery, histology, and BMI were positively associated, and higher stage was inversely associated with survival. Relative to White patients, Black patients had increased survival among those who formerly smoked.
CONCLUSION: We identify actionable factors associated with survival between those who never, formerly, and currently smoked cigarettes. These findings illuminate opportunities to address underlying mechanisms driving lung cancer progression, including use of first-course treatment, and enhanced implementation of tailored smoking cessation interventions for individuals diagnosed with cancer.
PubMed ID
37228018
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
