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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019

Presence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Impair Survival in Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (EGFR-TKI): A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study.

Chia-Che Wu, Kun-Ming Rau, Wei-Chieh Lee, Meng-Che Hsieh, Jia-Sin Liu, Yen-Yang Chen, Harvey Yu-Li Su

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. COPD-Lung Cancer Comorbidity: Mechanistic Insights and Precision Oncology Implications.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026
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  2. The role and mechanisms of the HIF-1 signaling pathway in LC-COPD.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Chia-Che WuDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1770-2941
Kun-Ming RauDepartment of Hematology Oncology, E-Da Cancer Hospital and I-Shou University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan.
Wei-Chieh LeeDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-0585-6134
Meng-Che HsiehDepartment of Hematology Oncology, E-Da Cancer Hospital and I-Shou University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan.
Jia-Sin LiuDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-7603-0826
Yen-Yang ChenDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Harvey Yu-Li SuDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan. yolisu@mac.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1289-473X

Funding

Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CMRPG8F0581
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) caused a paradigm shift in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Although several clinicopathologic factors to predict the response to and survival on EGFR-TKI were recognized, its efficacy has not been confirmed for patients with underlying pulmonary disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We conducted the study to evaluate the impact of COPD on survival for NSCLC patients that underwent EGFR-TKI treatment. The nationwide study obtained clinicopathologic data from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan between 1995 and 2013. Patients receiving EGRR-TKI were divided into COPD and non-COPD groups, and adjusted for age, sex, comorbidities, premium level and cancer treatments. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were calculated by Kaplan-Meier analysis. In total, 21,026 NSCLC patients were enrolled, of which 47.6% had COPD. After propensity score (PS) matching, all covariates were adjusted and balanced except for age (

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PMID31336878
PMCPMC6678274

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