ArticleTranslational andrology and urology2021
Smoking status and pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy among patients with bladder cancer: a pooled analysis.
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- Cigarette smoke induces FASN-dependent fatty acid metabolic rewiring to drive bladder cancer progression.Cancer letters · 2026Article
- The impact of relative dose intensity on pathological complete response in neoadjuvant chemotherapy of muscle-invasive urothelial cancer: a multicenter retrospective study.The oncologist · 2026Article
- Risk model and factors for prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer-a two-center cohort study.BMC cancer · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking status has been confirmed as an independent prognostic factor for bladder cancer. However, for patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), the influence of smoking status on the pathological response and prognosis remains unclear. This pooled analysis aimed to investigate whether smoking status is an independent risk factor for pathological response, recurrence, and prognosis in patients with bladder cancer who undergo NAC.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar for related studies published between 1990 and 2017. In total, 10 studies comprising 1,382 patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer were included. The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of complete pathological response, partial pathological response, overall survive (OS), recurrence, and cancer-specific mortality (CSM) were chosen as outcome measures. Analyses were performed using Review Manager (version 5.3, The Cochrane Collaboration, UK) and Stata statistical software (version 15, Stata Corp., USA).
resultsCompared to nonsmokers, smokers were less likely to have a complete pathologic response (OR =0.55, 95% CI: 0.35-0.87) and partial pathological response (OR =0.57, 95% CI: 0.37-0.88). However, we found no significant association between smoking status and overall survival (OR =0.71, 95% CI: 0.28-1.80), recurrence (OR =1.35, 95% CI: 0.97-1.88), and cancer-specific mortality (OR =0.90, 95% CI: 0.62-1.32).
conclusionsSmoking reduces both complete and partial pathological response rate to NAC in patients with bladder cancer. Thus, smoking status should be given more importance when developing treatment plans and evaluating efficacy, particularly of NAC, among bladder cancer patients.
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