How does chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affect the survival of patients with stage 4 lung cancer?
Emel CireliGünseli BalcıAydan MertoğluPublished in: The clinical respiratory journal (2020)
As COPD becomes more severe, overall survival rates of stage 4 patients worsen. Bone metastasis, liver metastasis, brain metastasis, having N2-3 disease and GOLD 4 COPD worsen the overall survival.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- end stage renal disease
- free survival
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- bone mineral density
- early onset
- patient reported outcomes
- air pollution
- resting state
- soft tissue
- body composition
- brain injury
- postmenopausal women
- silver nanoparticles
- patient reported