Second primary tumours in more than 2-year disease-free survivors of small-cell lung cancer in Japan: the role of smoking cessation.

Patients with small-cell lung cancer who survive more than 2 years have a significantly increased risk (relative risk of 3.6) of developing a second primary tumour. The cessation of cigarette smoking after successful therapy is associated with a significantly decreased risk of a second primary tumou...

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Autores principales: Kawahara, M., Ushijima, S., Kamimori, T., Kodama, N., Ogawara, M., Matsui, K., Masuda, N., Takada, M., Sobue, T., Furuse, K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group|1 1998
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2063017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9703291
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Sumario:Patients with small-cell lung cancer who survive more than 2 years have a significantly increased risk (relative risk of 3.6) of developing a second primary tumour. The cessation of cigarette smoking after successful therapy is associated with a significantly decreased risk of a second primary tumour.

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