Cardiorespiratory fitness and morbidity and mortality in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a prospective study with propensity score weighting.
Yaoshan DunNi CuiShaoping WuSiqian FuJeffrey W Ripley-GonzalezNanjiang ZhouTanghao ZengDezhao LiMi ChenYu RenWan Yee LauYang DuRandal J ThomasRay W SquiresThomas P OlsonSuixin LiuPublished in: Annals of medicine (2023)
The study found that low CRF is significantly associated with increased perioperative morbidity and long-term mortality in operable patients with early-stage NSCLC.