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Clinic image surveillance reduces mortality in patients with primary hepato-gastrointestinal cancer who develop second primary lung cancer: A STROBE-compliant retrospective study.

Hung-Yu Huang, Min-Wei Lu, Mei-Chi Chen, Hsiu-Mei Chang, Chih-Hsi Kuo, Shu-Min Lin, Chun-Hua Wang, Fu-Tsai Chung

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Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hung-Yu HuangDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Paul's Hospital.
Min-Wei LuSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan.
Mei-Chi ChenSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan.
Hsiu-Mei ChangDepartment of Respiratory Care, New Taipei City Municipal TuCheng Hospital, Managed by Chang Gung Medical Foundation, New Taipei City.
Chih-Hsi KuoDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei.
Shu-Min LinDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei.
Chun-Hua WangDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei.
Fu-Tsai ChungDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Paul's Hospital.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TWFar Eastern Memorial Hospital · TWSt. Paul's Hospital · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Second primary cancer is prevalent in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer, for which lung cancer is the most common and associated with high lethality. Image screening for lung cancer was proved to be effective in early diagnosis and lower mortality. However, trials of screen for lung cancer generally excluded patients with a previous diagnosis of malignancy. The study aimed to investigate the outcome of second primary lung cancer and the factor that improve survival in patients with hepato-GI cancer.A total of 276 patients with secondary lung cancer were found among 3723 newly-diagnosed lung cancer patients diagnosed in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, between 2010 and 2014. Patients' clinical characteristics, stages and survival were recorded and analyzed. The patients were separated into 2 groups: Group I was defined as lung cancer detected in original primary cancer clinic and group II patients defined as lung cancer detected in other medical places.Sixty-nine cases with primary GI-hepatic and secondary lung cancer were diagnosed (42 (60.8%) in Group I and 27 (39.1%) in Group II). Although both groups had comparable primary cancer stages and treatment, more patients in Group I than Group II were diagnosed as early stage lung cancer (stage I-II: 40.5% vs 11.1%; P = .023). Group II had larger lung tumor sizes than Group I (4.7 vs 3.5 cm; P = .025). Group I showed better 5-year overall survival than Group II (P = .014, median survival: 27 vs 10 months). Among Group II, only 37% had received image follow up in clinic compared with 67% of Group I cases (P = .025). Patients with chest image follow up in clinics also had better 5-year overall survival (P = .043).GI-hepatic cancer was the most common primary malignancy in the lung cancer cohort. Patients had better survival outcome when secondary lung cancer was diagnosed in original primary cancer clinic. Chest image screening strategy may contribute better survival in secondary lung cancer due to detection at an earlier stage.

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Population SurveillanceAgedEarly Detection of CancerFemaleGastrointestinal NeoplasmsHumansLiver NeoplasmsLungLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasms, Second PrimaryRadiographyRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTomography, X-Ray Computed

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