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Obstructive sleep apnea and the risk of mortality in patients with lung cancer: a meta-analysis.
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- Sleep patterns, genetic susceptibility, and gastrointestinal cancer mortality: a large-scale prospective cohort study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Observational
- Cancer and obstructive sleep apnea.Chinese medical journal · 2025Article
- Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with CPAP improves daytime sleepiness and fatigue in cancer patients.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Role of β-adrenergic signaling and the NLRP3 inflammasome in chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced murine lung cancer progression.Respiratory research · 2024Article
- Is obstructive sleep apnea a risk factor for lung cancer?-from pathophysiological mechanisms to clinical data.Annals of translational medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposePrior reports have examined the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the mortality rate of lung cancer. However, the findings remain controversial. The present meta-analysis was performed to assess the relationship between OSA and increased risk of mortality in patients with lung cancer.
methodsPubMed, Web of Science, and Embase were systematically searched for the correlative studies. Data were analyzed and pooled to evaluate odds ratios (ORs) of lung cancer mortality related to OSA.
resultsFrom 249 identified studies, 3 met inclusion criteria and were analyzed, including 67 patients with lung cancer and comorbid OSA and 45 patients with lung cancer and no OSA. The meta-analysis indicated that OSA was not significantly correlated with mortality rate in lung cancer (OR = 2.005, 95% CI = 0.703 to 5.715, z = 1.30, p = 0.193). There was no significant publication bias according to Begg's tests (p = 0.296) and Egger's tests (p = 0.097).
conclusionThis meta-analysis suggests that OSA is not significantly correlated with the mortality rate in lung cancer.
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