Clinical features and prognostic factors in elderly Koreans with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in a tertiary referral hospital

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 52-58

  Kim, Seo Woo ^a   Kim, Mi Yeon ^a   Lee, Yoon Pyo ^a   Ryu, Yon Ju ^a   Lee, Seok Jeong ^a   Lee, Jin Hwa ^a   Chang, Jung Hyun ^a   Shim, Sung Shine ^b  

^a Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aged; Carcinoma; Mortality; Non small cell lung; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84884329524     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2013.75.2.52     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Jung KW, Park S, Kong HJ, Won YJ, Lee JY, Park EC, et al. Cancer statistics in Korea: incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2008. Cancer Res Treat 2011;43:1-11.
2. Kim YC, Kwon YS, Oh IJ, Kim KS, Kim SY, Ryu JS, et al. National survey of lung cancer in Korea, 2005. J Lung Cancer 2007;6:67-73.
3. Goldstraw P, Crowley J, Chansky K, Giroux DJ, Groome PA, Rami-Porta R, et al. The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: proposals for the revision of the TNM stage groupings in the forthcoming (seventh) edition of the TNM Classification of malignant tumours. J Thorac Oncol 2007;2:706-14. (Pubitemid 47357522)
4. Jung SY, Park DI, Park MR, Jung SS, Kim JO, Kim SY, et al. Clinical characteristics of patients older than 76 with lung cancer. Korean J Med 2012;82:562-8.
5. Gridelli C, Perrone F, Gallo C, Cigolari S, Rossi A, Piantedosi F, et al. Chemotherapy for elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: the Multicenter Italian Lung Cancer in the Elderly Study (MILES) phase III randomized trial. J Natl Cancer Inst 2003;95:362-72. (Pubitemid 36395256)
6. Schild SE, Stella PJ, Geyer SM, Bonner JA, McGinnis WL, Mailliard JA, et al. The outcome of combined-modality therapy for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer in the elderly. J Clin Oncol 2003;21:3201-6. (Pubitemid 46606250)
7. The World Health Organization histological typing of lung tumours. Second edition. Am J Clin Pathol 1982;77:123-36.
8. Siegel R, Naishadham D, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2012. CA Cancer J Clin 2012;62:10-29.
9. Kim HS, Hyun DS, Kim KC, Lee SC, Jung TH, Park JY, et al. The clinical characteristics and prognosis of elderly patient with lung cancer diagnosed in Daegu and Gyeongsangbukdo. Tuberc Respir Dis 2008;65:15-22.
10. Hsu CL, Chen KY, Shih JY, Ho CC, Yang CH, Yu CJ, et al. Advanced non-small cell lung cancer in patients aged 45 years or younger: outcomes and prognostic factors. BMC Cancer 2012;12:241.
11. Jang TW, Kim YC, Kwon YS, Oh IJ, Kim KS, Kim SY, et al. Female lung cancer: re-analysis of national survey of lung cancer in Korea, 2005. J Lung Cancer 2010;9:57-63.
12. Berghmans T, Paesmans M, Sculier JP. Prognostic factors in stage III non-small cell lung cancer: a review of conventional, metabolic and new biological variables. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2011;3:127-38.
13. Rivera MP, Stover DE. Gender and lung cancer. Clin Chest Med 2004;25:391-400. (Pubitemid 38507657)
14. Brown JS, Eraut D, Trask C, Davison AG. Age and the treatment of lung cancer. Thorax 1996;51:564-8. (Pubitemid 26226507)
15. Montella M, Gridelli C, Crispo A, Scognamiglio F, Ruffolo P, Gatani T, et al. Has lung cancer in the elderly different characteristics at presentation? Oncol Rep 2002;9:1093-6.
16. Van Cutsem E, Arends J. The causes and consequences of cancer-associated malnutrition. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2005;9Suppl 2:S51-63. (Pubitemid 41488128)
17. Yang R, Cheung MC, Pedroso FE, Byrne MM, Koniaris LG, Zimmers TA. Obesity and weight loss at presentation of lung cancer are associated with opposite effects on survival. J Surg Res 2011;170:e75-83.
18. Luo J, Chen YJ, Narsavage GL, Ducatman A. Predictors of survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum 2012;39:609-16.
19. Langer CJ. Clinical evidence on the undertreatment of older and poor performance patients who have advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: is there a role for targeted therapy in these cohorts? Clin Lung Cancer 2011;12:272-9.