Smoking status before and after colorectal cancer diagnosis and mortality in Korean men: A population-based cohort study.

Doeun Jang Sunho Choe Ji-Won Park Seung-Yong Jeong Aesun Shin

Published in: Cancer medicine (2020)

Smoking before cancer diagnosis rather than postdiagnosis has stronger impact on prognosis colorectal cancer patients, and quitting smoking may improve survival, especially among early stage colorectal cancer patients.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
early stage
papillary thyroid
cardiovascular events
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
young adults
lymph node metastasis
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
locally advanced